By Jo Fox
In her weekly ABC column, Jo Fox rounds up the news and views that might have flown under your radar
This week, she asks: Is it ever okay for a woman in politics to wear pricey slacks? What about kitten heels — or cleavage?
And was it fair that Wonder Woman was sacked as UN Ambassador for Women and Girls?
‘Noticed and discussed’: Bitter chocolate leather pants.
Should a Prime Minister wear leather trousers? Or rather, should a Prime Minister wear £995 ($A1,700) leather trousers?
That’s the big news this week in the UK after former education minister, Nicky Morgan, criticised British Prime Minister Theresa May for being out of touch with ordinary voters after she appeared in a Sunday Times photo shoot wearing “bitter chocolate” leather trousers.
The swipe quickly spiralled into a full blown public spat, with Mrs Morgan being disinvited to further meetings at No 10 Downing Street.
“I don’t have leather trousers. I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much on anything apart from my wedding dress,” Mrs Morgan told The Times, adding that the trousers had been “noticed and discussed” in Tory circles.
The PM’s joint chief of staff, Fiona Hill, then disinvited Mrs Morgan to No 10 meetings in the future via a fellow male MP, whereupon Mrs Morgan found out about the message and texted back to Ms Hill:
“If you don’t like something I have said or done, please tell me directly. No man brings me to any meeting,” she wrote.