Westminster, which is always buzzing with all the red lights every now and then on issues that, especially,
got anything to do with poking their parliamentarian interest on what lies beneath those tight black skirts
of female celebs visiting 10, Downing street, is up again with Fresh allegations of sexual harassment,
this time, confessed by a leading TV producer.
Daisy Goodwin, the brain behind ITV most watched drama series ‘Victoria’, claimed she was groped
in 10 Downing Street by a Government official during a meeting to discuss a programme idea.
Goodwin revealed, in an article for the Radio Times, that the incident took place under David Cameron’s
premiership and that she dealt with it verbally by humiliating the man involved.
This, however, is not new to 10, Downing street as you may be aware: a streak that has been running
wanton currently has Cabinet Minister Damian Green and International Trade minister Mark Garnier
facing inquiries into their conduct, while former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon quit this month
after admitting he had failed to live up to the high standards expected of ministers.
Goodwin, who came to fame as a poet before proceeding to become a leading TV writer and producer,
told the Radio Times how she was “summoned” to Downing Street to discuss her idea for a TV
programme.
The official, “who was a few years younger than me”, showed her into a room dominated
by a portrait of Margaret Thatcher. He then surprised her by putting his feet on her chair and saying
“my sunglasses made me look like a Bond Girl” She tried to turn the conversation back onto her project, but “at the end of the meeting
we both stood up and the official, to my astonishment, put his hand on my breast”.
“I looked at the hand and then in my best Lady Bracknell voice said, ‘Are you actually touching my
breast?’ He dropped his hand and laughed nervously. I swept out in what can only be called high
dudgeon. I wasn’t traumatised, I was cross.”
Goodwin added that by the next day the encounter had “become an anecdote, The Day I Was Groped In
Number 10” and it hadn’t occurred to her to report the incident.
But she added: “Now, in the light of all the really shocking stories that have come out about abusive
behaviour by men in power from Hollywood to Westminster, I wonder if my Keep Calm and Carry on
philosophy, inherited from my parents, was correct? The answer is, I am not sure.
“I think humiliating the official was probably the appropriate punishment, but suppose he tried it on
with someone less able to defend themselves?”
Meanwhile, in an attempt to save their face,
would look into any formal complaint, should one be made.”
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