This isn’t any old injustice. It’s a burning injustice — and it is happening under Theresa May’s nose. Last week it was reported that there is a gender pay gap in Conservative headquarters. The men are earning 15.7 per cent less than the women. The pendulum has swung from patriarchy to matriarchy. What does the leader plan to do about this outrage? More family unfriendly hours? All-male shortlists?

I don’t dismiss all of the noise around the so-called “gender pay gap”. There are some women in some industries who are overlooked or discouraged. I know what it’s like to be patronised in the workplace, made to feel uppity when asking for a pay rise. Yet what is frustrating about the gender pay gap