"I despair that this needs to be said OVER and OVER again @SpeedoUK but your sexist website is a disgrace. MEN are encouraged to "Rediscover your race pace" while WOMEN to "Compliment your shape [and] Feel good". What actual century do you live in?"

According to The Reykjavik Grapevine, some of the slurs included calling one female politician “a raving mad c**t” who is “f***ing crazy”, while another was described as having “really gone downhill” and as being “a lot less hot than she was only two years ago”. The male politicians in the pack also rated several female MPs as being “f**kable” or “non-f**kable”.

Men will be fined for catcalling or other lewd behaviour towards women in public under the new harassment policy, which is set to be passed next year. “It’s completely necessary because at the moment street harassment is not defined in the law,” Schiappa told French radio station RTL.

“Here are two gelato popsicles we’ve created,” read the original Instagram post, which has since been deleted. “One for men and one for women. For men? Salted caramel with milk chocolate & malt crumb. For women? Strawberry rose with white choc & raspberry dust. Even better together.”