Politician, Poker Player Stuart Wheeler Implies Women Need to Go Back to the Kitchen

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UKIP Treasurer Stuart Wheeler has come under fire for suggesting that women are not competitive enough and, as such, don’t have much of a place in the board room.

Women's failure to beat men at chess, bridge and poker means that companies should not be forced to give them seats on boards, Wheeler suggests.

“I would just like to challenge the idea that it is necessary to have a lot of women or a particular number on a board.

"Business is very, very competitive and you should take the performance of women in another competitive area, which is sport where [men] have no strength advantage.

“Chess, bridge, poker – women come absolutely nowhere. I think that just has to be borne in mind.”

Wheeler made his fortune by establishing the IG Index, which pioneered the spread betting industry and he finished 33rd in the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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