The conference also voted heavily (mainly thanks to the news members, I suspect) in favour of introducing all women shortlists and "balanced" regional lists, reversing decades-long opposition to positive action.
British films had dominated the shortlists for the Globes - once seen as a jamboree, but regarded now as a reliable guide to Oscar form - but neither Anthony Minghella's much-fancied The Talented Mr Ripley nor Neil Jordan's The End Of The Affair won anything.
This would be achieved not through all-women shortlists but by using a method called "zipping", which involves pushing women and BME people to the top of the candidates list, as well as providing extra mentoring and support for them.
Yes, you might have got nine titles from your own tiny Finland-based publishing house on the Hugos shortlists, but that's only because you are trying to seize back science fiction from a self-serving clique!
Clegg, who also described his party as "too male and pale" before the election, previously said he would consider introducing all-women shortlists in the runup to the 2020 election if not enough women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds were selected in winnable seats.
Last night's debate on the sex discrimination (election candidates) bill is Labour's response to the high court decision before the 1997 election which ruled illegal what had been, up to that point, a suc cessful drive to put all-women shortlists in place in Labour-held and winnable seats.
The decision by Labour's national executive committee to press ahead with shortlisting candidates to succeed the late Jamie Cann this weekend came as the Commons last night backed a bill to legalise all-women shortlists - and fresh evidence was published of bias in selection.
No single strategy, whether it's women-only shortlists, boardroom quotas or women themselves "leaning in", is going to make a difference here.
Clegg has previously said he would consider introducing all-women shortlists in the runup to the 2020 election if not enough women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds were selected in winnable seats.
Even senior Tories are murmuring about all-women shortlists.
What is more, the number of female MPs in Britain is more likely to fall than rise at the next election, because the courts have outlawed all-women shortlists.
