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Jul 13 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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
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!
So I ended up quoting this at #PinkNewsWestminster.

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Jul 12
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/
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Refreshingly @grantshapps gives the only half decent answer on the anti-trans culture war questions
"Let people live their lives… I just don't think we need to get caught up in some US-style debate and aggressive war on these issues. It's just not necessary."
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Impressed! Within hours of testing positive for Covid, the NHS sent me antivirals and an oxygen monitor. Symptoms really mild, but due to my MS, I need to be cautious.
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I love how @NadineDorries justifies privatising Channel 4 by claiming that Channel 5 was privatised 3 to 5 years ago. Channel 5 launched in 1997 as a private business as a result of a franchise auction but I guess you couldn’t expect the Culture Secretary to know this 🤷‍♀️
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Jan 24, 2021
The latest Sunday Times trans lie is quite a whopper. The question on sex has never left the census and has been unaltered since the reign of George III. This year new questions are being added on sexuality and gender identity so it’s not a “blow to trans rights” (1/3)
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