women more leftwing than men? GUARDIAN DEBATES

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A red herring? -2016

A recent Guardian/ICM poll showed that Labour are much more popular than the Conservatives among women while the male vote is neck-and-neck. 

A red herring? a clue or piece of information which is or is intended to be misleading or distracting

Ellie Mae O'Hagan  (left) and  Melissa Louise Kite (right),  discuss whether that means British women are more leftwing than their male counterparts – and what else could explain it (19/11/2013)

• Melissa Kite and Ellie Mae O'Hagan, commentators from opposite ends of the political spectrum:

• Ellie Mae O'Hagan is an editor at openDemocracy and a freelance journalist writing mainly for the Guardian.
• Melissa Kite, columnist of the Spectator and GQ, (ealier in the Daily Mail and The Sunday telegraph)

youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vPXN12vhcM

         TASK1.     Watch the video and write: arguments supporting each of the headings

       Women are more left-wing than men
   Women are NOT more left-wing than men

TASK2.    work WITH TWO PARTNERS AND fill in the script. 

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They mention different topics:

• Austerity
• violence
• immigration
• running the household

Interesting Words an expressions used for debates

• -By and large        
• - It’s not surprising that     - I find it regressive

• - I personally find him offputting  - I’m not sure what the figures are 

• - I DO think that - I would say    - I definitely think that 

• - You may disagree with me   - I’m not sure I agree with that 

• - Admittedly, my politics is…- If there is …   

• Where we would disagree is… 

• - There is definitely a growing sense of… 

• - I think actually women might be more