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Caroline Lucas said it was unacceptable for topless photos of women to be available in newspapers that are not age-restricted and displayed at "child's eye level", arguing that it normalises views of women as "sex objects".

"Sexualised and sexist representations of women in the media provide a conducive context in which violence against women and girls flourish," she added.

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"So if page three still hasn't been removed from The Sun by the end of this year, I think we should be asking the government to step in and legislate," she said.

Ms Lucas, who was wearing a t-shirt displaying a "No More Page Three" slogan in large lettering, was reprimanded by the chair for contravening the dress code.

She agreed to cover up the t-shirt but, brandishing a copy of page three of the Sun - breaking parliamentary rules on the use of props - she said: "I will comply with your ruling. But it does strike me as a certain irony that in eight places in this House you can get copies of the Sun."

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey congratulated Ms Lucas on her "powerful" speech.

He said media representation of women was "rightly..welcome to Best Discount Louis Vuitton Small Bag for sale,free Shipping available. Buy Now!‎.of great concern to many, many people", noting the Leveson Report found that tabloid press "often fail to show consistent respect of the dignity and quality of women generally".

He told Ms Lucas the government had "no intention" of interfering in press content, arguing that it is for adults to choose what they want to read, provided something remains within the law or does not impact inappropriately on the rights of an individual.

The minister added that he did not support her campaign to keep the Sun newspaper out of the Palace of Westminster.

David Cameron made an unfortunate slip of the tongue at Prime Minister’s Questions when he referred to “the Russian regime” – at a time when he is striving to improve relations with Vladimir Putin, whom he will meet in Belfast at the weekend, in the honourable hope that he can be persuaded to stop arming the Syrian regime. When he met Putin in Sochi last month, he did not so much as mention Alexander Litvinenko, who was murdered on British soil.

Another Russian sensitivity is over the horror inflicted on Ukraine’s rural population 80 years ago, known as Holodomor, when an average of 25,000 people a day starved to death because of a policy enforced by Stalin to abolish private farming.

The Ukrainian government is lobbying the United Nations to classify Holodomor as an act of genocide,Buy Discount and high quality Ralph Lauren(women) Shirts, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. directed from Moscow. When the Tory MP, Pauline Latham, raised this in the Commons, the Minister for Europe, David Lidington, replied: “Genocide has a defined status in international law, following the 1948 UN genocide convention.welcome to Best Discount Chanel Grade AAA Handbags for sale,free Shipping available. Buy Now!‎ Holodomor predates the establishment of the concept of genocide in international law….”

So, it cannot have been genocide, because it happened before the Holocaust. Putin will think that an acceptable reply.

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