Hain only received nominations from 6 women MPs - 3 of them from Wales. That in itself may not mean much, but I received in the post his promo letter and leaflet - not one women in any of the photographs, not one!

Has he not noticed that the party and affiliated organisations have women members? Did he miss the discussions and arguments the left has had about inclusion? 

All the other candidates have managed to include photos of women, why did he chose not to?

At the begining of the year I posted about the poor leaflet the Co-operative Party issued - only 5 women and more than 40 men featured. It could there's a regressive gene in parts of the left about this.