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John Oliver slams “Barbie Bus” used to appeal to female voters

Oliver has quite a bit to say about the Labour Party's attempts to woo women

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On Sunday night John Oliver discussed the pathetic and patronizing attempt made by a political party to reach out to women. Elections in Britain are coming in May of this year, and in an attempt to woo female voters the Labour Party debuted a pink van (which unlike Barbie’s pink van does not fold out into a hot tub).

Oliver naturally slammed this sexist move — and the refusal to discontinue the bus — with his own hilarious political commercial and a pony.

By Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray is an assistant editor at Salon, focusing on innovation. Follow @sarahhhgray or email sgray@salon.com.

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