to the task in 1999, [Carol Ann] Duffy had been the favourite. However, her status then as the mother of a young child and as a woman in a lesbian relationship made her wary of taking up such a prominent national position.It was also suggested that [Tony] Blair, then Prime Minister, had vetoed Duffy because he was concerned that her domestic arrangements would be inappropriate for such a public figure.
from The Guardian: Duffy likely to be first woman to follow Tennyson and Betjeman as laureate
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