Tate, Farage... they are a huge threat to women's rights

Helen George fears for future

- BY NICOLA METHVEN

CALL the Midwife star Helen George warns feminism and women’s rights face their biggest threat in years following the rise of nationalism, Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate.

Next Sunday the long-running drama returns with the nurses of Nonnatus House getting involved with the Women's Liberation movement and burning their bras.

The BBC1 show is famous for having strong female characters at its core and championing women's rights with its historical storylines stretching from the 1950s to the 1970s.

But Helen fears the modern-day surge of support for Reform UK leader Mr Farage and the popularity of self-proclaimed misogynist and social media influencer Andrew Tate are encouraging an “anti-feminist mood” that poses a serious risk to women in Britain.

She is worried a rise in toxic masculinity means the country could end up like the fictional world of Gilead in the novel The Handmaid's Tale - where powerless females are stuck in a patriarchal society with no control over their lives or reproductive rights.