The insinuation that Prince William may be distracted by his air ambulance crew co-worker Dr Gemma Mullen (pictured) because she looks like Kate is laughable, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. Dr Mullen is a dynamic career professional while the Duchess is, in Mumsnet terms, a 'stay-at-home mother'. But one of the many reasons such inference is ridiculous is that Mullen has married just married a handsome intensive care consultant called Tim Astles and returned from their dreamy honeymoon on the Amalfi Coast. ...read
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I’ve been trying to work out why I found ‘parentgate’ – the disagreement between the two female Labour leadership candidates, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall – so depressing. To recap: this kicked off after Labour MP Helen Goodman wrote a blog entitled ‘Why I, as a parent, am backing Yvette’, bolstering her pick of Mrs Balls, a married multiparous woman, with sentiments such as: ‘As a working mum she understands the pressures on modern family life.’ As I read it, I felt my hackles rise and spirits sink, just as Liz Kendall (who is not married and has no offspring) clearly did, writes RACHEL JOHNSON. ...read
RACHEL JOHNSON: I am sick of tennis 'girlies' in skimpy whites. So man up!
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