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Why are women still being cast off the glass cliff?
Female workers are deemed more likely to rise to the top when the job is risky and less appealing to men.
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Yet Britain shows the glass cliff need not equal career death.
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Pilita Clark
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Last weekend, I spent a good hour reading about the five Conservative party politicians in Britain tipped to replace their troubled leader, Mr Rishi Sunak.
The front runners vary, depending on whether you look at a betting agency such as Ladbrokes, or the favourites of veteran Westminster political commentators. But three names keep standing out: Mrs Kemi Badenoch, Ms Penny Mordaunt and Mrs Suella Braverman.
