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Julia Hartley-Brewer ripped into Natalie Bennett after she spoke about her party’s decision to stand down to Women’s Equality Party candidate Sophie Walker in order to oust Mr Davies. It comes after the Conservative party candidate in Shipley made headlines for his stance on the Istanbul Convention on preventing domestic violence. He was accused of trying to block a bill that would force the Government to sign up to the convention after he tabled more than 50 amendments to the legislation tabled by the SNP with cross-party support. Speaking on talkRADIO, Ms Bannett said: “We’re also seeing a really interesting case study in Shipley where Philip Davies, who’s infamous for his anti-female interventions in Parliament.”

GETTY•TWITTER Julia Hartley-Brewer bashed Natalie Bennett for calling Philip Davies "anti-female"

I carry no torch for any political party or any particular MP but he’s not said anything anti-female Julia Hartley-Brewer

But Hartley-Brewer cut the politician short and blasted: “No, no, no, I’m going to step in there, no, no, no, Natalie. I carry no torch for any political party or any particular MP but he’s not said anything anti-female. “He’s just said that for instance, we should recognise male victims of things like domestic violence – that’s not anti-female. “I care about people being beaten up whether they’re male or female, don’t you?” Ms Bennett then accused the Tory MP of “filibustering” as she made the case for working with the Women’s Equality Party.

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