Labour MP calls for the Labour party to support the No More Page 3 campaign.

The Welsh National Assembly added its voice to the campaign for No More Page 3 and called upon the Sun newspaper to drop the feature in July last year, in an Individual Members Debate (IMD).

The debate was put forward by Labour AM Rebecca Evans – with cross-party support from Aled Roberts AM, Suzy Davies AM and Lindsay Whittle AM – and the Assembly to formally agreed to support the campaign.

Speaking at the time, Evans, who has long been a strong supporter of the campaign said: “The continued presence of Page Three in a national, daily, unrestricted newspaper only serves to undermine the good work that government, the third sector, trade unions, teachers, parents, and many others are trying to do every day to build a country where we are all treated equally and with respect, and where young people grow up with healthy expectations of themselves and of others.

“Page Three normalises the trivial objectification of women, entrenches inequality and sexist attitudes, and, well, quite simply, half-naked women just aren’t news!

“I am proud of the work we are doing in Wales to tackle discrimination in all its forms – including gender discrimination.”

The Labour MP for West Bromwich East, Tom Watson, has now called on the Labour Party to support the No More Page 3 campaign asking the Sun’s editor to take the topless women out of his so-called ‘family newspaper’.

Writing in Labour List, he said, ‘As a Dad, I worry about the message that Page 3 gives to my children, namely that it’s ok to objectify women.

‘This outdated feature belongs to a sexist era and it’s extraordinary that it still exists at all.

‘How can we talk about equality when the UK’s highest circulation national newspaper is filled with pictures of men in suits, and yet one of the few images of women is a Page 3 picture?

‘In 2014, women are still fighting for the right to be both mothers and workers – what does the existence of Page 3 teach our kids about women’s place in society?’

And he has called upon the Labour Party to adopt the leadership position set by Gloria De Piero, along with every other female member of the shadow cabinet – and numerous UK-wide organisations and hundreds of thousands of individuals and officially support the No More Page 3 campaign.

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