Sunak was merely making a point about Starmer’s flip-flopping on policy and various issues (which is ironic given the government does that all the time too), it wasn’t an anti-trans joke and you can only see it that way if you’re desperate to see it that way.
“I certainly did not mean to inflict further grief on you at this troubling time. My remarks were instead intended to point out (x). Again, my thoughts are with you in this time of loss.”
No matter what it was a massive fuck up to say that. It goes to show how politically stupid Sunak is. He could have kept to his rehearsed talking point of claiming that Stamer flip flops (as though Sunak isn’t as changeable what his advisors think will be advantageous) and just left off the part about the definition of women.
But instead he just stuck to the transphobic script.
He was taking the piss out of Keir saying 99% of women don’t have penises, Rishi believes no women have penises because he doesn’t believe trans women are women, it’s got some layers to it but the comment was transphobic.
I somewhat agree with you, but read the fucking room when the parents of a murdered trans teenager where in the room (or were very shortly due to be, anyway) it might be a time to just not bring it up.
Especially when he was making a valid point about Starmer’s flip flops on policy, of which are plenty of examples to choose from.
Talk about confected outrage.
Sunak was merely making a point about Starmer’s flip-flopping on policy and various issues (which is ironic given the government does that all the time too), it wasn’t an anti-trans joke and you can only see it that way if you’re desperate to see it that way.
Then it would be an easy apology.
“I certainly did not mean to inflict further grief on you at this troubling time. My remarks were instead intended to point out (x). Again, my thoughts are with you in this time of loss.”
But that was obvious when he said it.
No matter what it was a massive fuck up to say that. It goes to show how politically stupid Sunak is. He could have kept to his rehearsed talking point of claiming that Stamer flip flops (as though Sunak isn’t as changeable what his advisors think will be advantageous) and just left off the part about the definition of women.
But instead he just stuck to the transphobic script.
He was taking the piss out of Keir saying 99% of women don’t have penises, Rishi believes no women have penises because he doesn’t believe trans women are women, it’s got some layers to it but the comment was transphobic.
I somewhat agree with you, but read the fucking room when the parents of a murdered trans teenager where in the room (or were very shortly due to be, anyway) it might be a time to just not bring it up.
Especially when he was making a valid point about Starmer’s flip flops on policy, of which are plenty of examples to choose from.