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2022: @PennyMordaunt uses a dog whistle trans joke "I think it was Margaret Thatcher that said every Prime Minister needs a Willie. A woman like me doesn't have one.”
2020: @PennyMordaunt: Trans people are being attacked like gay men were in the 1980s
2020: @PennyMordaunt: Trans people are being attacked like gay men were in the 1980s
I think that it is ok for politicians to change their mind, in this case it would be disappointing but own up to it is all I say. This is a leadership election called due to the integrity of the PM.
If only @PennyMordaunt from 2020 could have a word with @PennyMordaunt of 2022!
Breaking: @PennyMordaunt says that she didn’t ever support changes to the Gender Recognition Act to de-medicalise the process. This will surprise many in the LGBTQ+ community as it was the policy of the department she was the cabinet minister for (1/
In her full answer, @PennyMordaunt implies that it was the policy of her predecessors and ultimately Theresa May but not her. As someone who first met Penny a decade ago, it’s the first time I’ve heard that she didn’t agree with this (but I may have been out the loop!) (2/
What is clear though, is that when @PennyMordaunt was appointed as Minister for Women and Equalities, it was the policy of the government already. Here is what Theresa May told the @PinkNews Awards 2017 (3/
