Edwina Currie’s cleavage tweet was classic fake feminism | Barbara Ellen

Well done to Edwina Currie for hijacking the budget coverage by drawing attention to another woman’s breasts. Responding to a tweet about home secretary Theresa May’s outfit (considered by some to be too revealing), Currie tweeted: “Great cleavage though”. More proof, in case it were needed, that “Go girl!” culture is increasingly becoming the last reserve of the fake-feminist scoundrel.

I’m not sure Currie would self-identify as a feminist, but her “great cleavage” statement remains a classic “Go girl!” move. This is when attention is drawn to a woman’s body or sexuality by another female, under the guise of bawdy “all girls together” camaraderie. In truth, the whole thing is phony and ruinous.