The cover story of New Statesman, written by deputy editor Helen Lewis, was to take a look at why so many successful women in European politics did not have children. The cover at the origin of the outrage pictures German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon, Conservative member of Parliament Theresa May and Labor member of Parliament Liz Kendall standing above a crib with a ballot box in it. Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Surgeon, has criticised the cover of the New Statesman magazine as reinforcing prejudice about women. However, the article related to the cover won praise for highlighting the discrepancy between the proportions of male and female MPs who are parents.