As the election looms, Grazia enlisted a star-studded panel to ask Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson about everything from vanity to climate change.
, with Harriet Harman and We Can’t Consent To This, calls on the government and MPs to bring the Domestic Abuse Bill back to parliament after the election, and vote to support amendments to put an end to the defence, where men claim that women consented to the violence that killed them.
‘Yes, absolutely – like many others I was frustrated that this Bill couldn’t progress because of the gridlock in Parliament,’ said Boris Johnson. ‘If we are elected with a majority, we’ll bring this Bill back as soon as possible. I agree with Harriet Harman that the ‘50 shades defence’ is unacceptable and we’ll make sure the law is clear on this.
Jeremy Corbyn told us: ‘We will absolutely reintroduce a Domestic Abuse Bill, something the Conservatives failed to do in the last Parliament. I am proud this commitment is in our manifesto, alongside our plans for a National Refuge Fund to ensure financial stability for rape crisis centres, so that no one is turned away. We will make sure that the ‘50 Shades’ defence is banned, including it directly in our bill.
And Jo Swinson said: ‘It’s a travesty that the Conservatives, in two years, have got nowhere with the Domestic Abuse Bill. Talk about dither and delay. I would bring the bill back as soon as Parliament returns, and strengthen it, by supporting a full-time, fully-funded Domestic Abuse Commissioner. Liberal Democrats want to change our justice system so it works for victims of violent and sexual crime.
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