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"I saw for example on a squadron commanders' course, I saw ladies who frankly shouldn't have passed the course, passed because nobody had the bottle to fail a woman where they would have failed a man." It's that man again! Godfrey Bloom: Employers are prejudiced against men Men are being passed over for promotion in favour of less qualified women because employers are "prejudiced" against men, controversial Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom told an audience last night. Battling the trolls Tory MEP targeted by trolls over Gibraltar comments A Tory MEP has been subject to abusive messages on Twitter and email after she waded into the row over Gibraltar. Trolls not going away as PM writes to suicide victim's father David Cameron has told the father of 14-year-old Hannah Smith, who committed suicide two weeks ago, he is "grateful" for having the issue of online bullying raised once again. 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