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Labour MP Stella Creasy questioned why the measure was decided upon when it bears no relation to the circumstances of Everard’s murder. “The idea that putting plain-clothes police officers in nightclubs is going to solve this problem doesn’t recognise that women get abused, assaulted, and intimidated in all sorts of places,” she told Radio 4 earlier today (March 16).
33-year-old Everard went missing on March 3 while walking home to Brixton from a friend’s house in Clapham. The journey should have taken her 50 minutes – the last known sighting puts her just 20 minutes away from home before she was kidnapped. Her body was formally identified on Friday (March 12); 48-year-old Met police officer Wayne Couzens has been charged with her murder.
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Irish comedian Ruth Hunter started standup in 2015. She immediately noticed âeveryday sexismâ â male comperes introducing performers by commenting on their breasts, all-male lineups â but was unsure how to challenge it.
Over the summer of 2020, now in Glasgow, Hunter followed the news as sexual harassment allegations against men in Irish and UK comedy were shared online. âSomeone who I thought was grand turned out to be a major creep and it unlocked something,â Hunter says. âYou might be threatening your own career by talking about this stuff, but I donât care. The stakes are too high.â