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It’s impossible to escape the election — even at the British LGBT Awards ceremony. In an acceptance speech, the actor David Tennant said that his LGBT allyship was “just common sense”. He added that “until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist any more [applause], I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish for her to shut up.” The Equalities Minister responded forcefully online, saying “I will not shut up” before dismissing Tennant as a “rich, lefty, white male celebrity”.
I will not shut up. I will not be silenced by men who prioritise applause from Stonewall over the safety of women and girls.
A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only black woman in government by calling publicly… https://t.co/caIQOFYnrU
— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) June 25, 2024
Many have come out to support Badenoch, yet she has also faced some unlikely criticism — from the Right. GB News’s Steven Edginton pointed out that “the most ‘right wing conservative’ minister in parliament uses ‘white male’ as a pejorative. Disgusting.” Perhaps it’s not just Tennant who’s playing identity politics…
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SubscribeBadenoch playing idpol? I think Edginton needs to brush up on the concept of irony.