Exactly ninety years ago, Nancy Lady Astor becomes first woman MP to take her seat in Parliament, although she had been elected in a by-election on 28 November.
She deserves her place in British political history, because Connie Markiewicz who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons did not take her seat but along with the other Sinn Féin TDs, formed the first Dáil Éireann.
Whereas Connie was a radical Nancy was rich, light, and fluffy and a Tory.
Oh dear, what does that tell you about the Tories' chances next year?
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