Sunak's government is too male - and it will cost him

As a woman, it is good to know your place. I, for example, know that I shouldn't worry my pretty little head with the economy.

- MARIE LE CONTE

After all, the nation's finances famously only impact men, so why should I bother? Similarly, my female body has never required and will never require any form of medical intervention, so any public health planning doesn't have to account for me. Of course, I never went to school or university so the field of education isn't relevant to my interests either. Finally and as everyone knows - women do not have access to cars or public transport. If, for whatever reason, we may wish to leave our homes, we can very well use our own two legs.

Lest you think I've gone completely mad, this is apparently the world this government lives in. According to the most recent and publicly available data, the Treasury and the departments for Health, Education and Transport currently have 15 special advisers between them. Not one of those 15 special advisers is a woman. Furthermore, two out of three of those secretaries of state are men.