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itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 09/06/2026 08:44

LuckyHazelFox · 09/06/2026 08:41

I wouldn't have wanted to have been under Labour during covid.

Doesn't bear thinking about. We wouldn't have been the first in Europe to get the vaccines that's for sure.

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itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 09/06/2026 08:42

Thanks @OpheliaWasntMad , will catch up later.

Meanwhile

Legal equality duty for public services should be scrapped, says Badenoch

Rules requiring public bodies such as schools and hospitals to promote equality when making decisions should be scrapped, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch will say in a speech on Tuesday.

In what the party says is the first step in a wider programme to "restore common sense", Badenoch will argue that the Public Sector Equality Duty has been used to promote "dangerous and divisive agendas".

She will say it has "become a minefield that exposes almost every significant public decision to legal challenge".

The Labour government, meanwhile, is promising a new equality and diversity strategy with a primary focus on getting working class people joining and progressing in the civil service.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5vyqykpx5o

Kemi Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch to call for scrapping of legal equality duty

The Conservative leader will argue that the rules have become a "minefield that exposes almost every significant public decision to legal challenge".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5vyqykpx5o

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LuckyHazelFox · 09/06/2026 08:41

number1of7 · 09/06/2026 08:38

Me too. I think lots of us want to - but the 14 years brigade make it hard to stand up for what you think. I actually don’t think the tories did a bad job when you consider what was inherited and Covid etc.

I wouldn't have wanted to have been under Labour during covid.

number1of7 · 09/06/2026 08:38

itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 06/05/2026 21:26

Same

Me too. I think lots of us want to - but the 14 years brigade make it hard to stand up for what you think. I actually don’t think the tories did a bad job when you consider what was inherited and Covid etc.

LuckyHazelFox · 09/06/2026 08:22

Brill. Will catch up on that.

Twiglets1 · 09/06/2026 08:21

OpheliaWasntMad · 09/06/2026 08:17

Kemi brilliant on radio 4 just now

I’m on holiday at the moment so can’t get radio 4 - what was she speaking about please?

OpheliaWasntMad · 09/06/2026 08:17

Kemi brilliant on radio 4 just now

LuckyHazelFox · 07/06/2026 16:04

Desperatelyseekinglazysusan · 07/06/2026 15:46

What did Diane Abbot say now?

Was looking up her response out of interest. It was her usual only black people are true victims of racism. White people and their privilege, how dare they think they can be oppressed. She has form for this. I don't normally do links but it's out there what she said. She wants to stay in the past with regards to racial profiling. She's made a living from it. I don't why she's never criticised for being divisive but I guess she's Left/Labour and kemi is easy pickings being a Tory.

Desperatelyseekinglazysusan · 07/06/2026 15:46

LuckyHazelFox · 07/06/2026 14:34

I compare Kemi's response to Diane Abbott's and see which words are the most wise. I also see which response is the most divisive.

What did Diane Abbot say now?

Desperatelyseekinglazysusan · 07/06/2026 15:46

I was impressed by that too. And she did say she did try and raise the issues while in government but was basically ignored by public bodies.

LuckyHazelFox · 07/06/2026 14:34

WaffleBomb · 07/06/2026 14:24

I compare Kemi's response to Diane Abbott's and see which words are the most wise. I also see which response is the most divisive.

WaffleBomb · 07/06/2026 14:21

itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 07/06/2026 13:28

I can sense change is in the air.. despite the fools in charge. They can't hide from this.

Love this 💙

LuckyHazelFox · 07/06/2026 14:06

itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 07/06/2026 13:28

I can sense change is in the air.. despite the fools in charge. They can't hide from this.

Love that gif ❤️

itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 07/06/2026 13:28

I can sense change is in the air.. despite the fools in charge. They can't hide from this.

Relaxing Big Cat GIF by Nature on PBS
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SpinningInInfinity · 07/06/2026 13:18

CornishDaughteroftheDawn · 06/06/2026 18:16

Yet here you still are, posting away…

Remind me, did you actually have anything specific you don’t like about Kemi that you wanted to share or are you just here for the cat gifs? Sorry you’ve been disappointed - here you go.

I think she talks well in a natural way. Much better than the pre-programmed politician robot style a lot of them adopt. However, I fear that there is no significant substance underneath. It's much easier to hide that in opposition as Starmer has evidenced. I also don't think she is very intelligent. Her CV is not that impressive and her claim to a Stanford pre-medicine place scholarship offer at sixteen is just cringe and also very ill-informed. She'd be good in comms if someone else were doing the deep thinking part. I don't like what she has said about maternity rights nor her gauche comments on ASD. None of the above are huge issues though as I don't believe that she will never be PM with the millstone that is the Conservative Party legacy round her neck.

CornishDaughteroftheDawn · 06/06/2026 18:16

SpinningInInfinity · 06/06/2026 17:01

More like you are all out for a little weekend trip out in the wild together for moral support (pile ons). And then you go back and post cat GIFs. What an exciting life you all lead.

Yet here you still are, posting away…

Remind me, did you actually have anything specific you don’t like about Kemi that you wanted to share or are you just here for the cat gifs? Sorry you’ve been disappointed - here you go.

Cat Cheers GIF by CATBAT
itsnotallaboutyouyousee · 06/06/2026 17:26

WaffleBomb · 06/06/2026 17:12

Copied from the previous thread, but deserves another share :-)

https://x.com/KemiBadenoch/status/2051355889567719822?s=20

I do enjoy watching that clip. She really is the opposite Starmer and his yellow belly disingenuous waffle.

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WaffleBomb · 06/06/2026 17:03

SpinningInInfinity · 06/06/2026 16:57

Yep so far, so predictable.

You seem highly offended that there is a positive thread about Kemi Badenoch on MN. Why is that?
@BIossomtoes has rightly given Kemi credit for how she's handled this week, despite not being a Kemi fan herself. Can you not do the same?

Upstartled · 06/06/2026 17:02

SpinningInInfinity · 06/06/2026 17:01

More like you are all out for a little weekend trip out in the wild together for moral support (pile ons). And then you go back and post cat GIFs. What an exciting life you all lead.

Cat gifs? Oh no, I think you have your threads mixed up.

SpinningInInfinity · 06/06/2026 17:01

Upstartled · 06/06/2026 16:53

😁 Yes, the scary woman is asking polite and benign questions relevant to the thread, quick hide.

More like you are all out for a little weekend trip out in the wild together for moral support (pile ons). And then you go back and post cat GIFs. What an exciting life you all lead.

Upstartled · 06/06/2026 17:00

EasternStandard · 06/06/2026 16:58

😄Too much @Upstartled ;

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Asking questions on a chat forum?....How very dare you. 🤣🤣

EasternStandard · 06/06/2026 16:58

Upstartled · 06/06/2026 16:53

😁 Yes, the scary woman is asking polite and benign questions relevant to the thread, quick hide.

😄Too much @Upstartled ;

SpinningInInfinity · 06/06/2026 16:57

BIossomtoes · 06/06/2026 16:52

Still at it, I see.

Yep so far, so predictable.