Priti Patel Doing Her Job

I'm not sure precisely what kind of powerful message she's sending/stance she's taking, as the only people on the other side of the 'trafficking is bad' argument are, er, traffickers. And I don't think they vote much.

I WANT my Home Secretary to look like this, as suspected slave traders are carted off to the cells.

If personal abuse is being posted then that is wrong. But I WANT my Home Secretary to not be getting in the way of the Police when they are doing their jobs (not her - it's not her job) all for the chance of a photo shoot. And I also want her not to bully her employees and others, not to be a racist, and not to defend the indefensible - including promoting a bill that strips UK citizens of many of their civil rights and hands the police powers that are positively scary in relation to any free democracy. But I guess I also can't have what I want... If she genuinely cared a jot about trafficked people, then there is plnety she can do that does not involve a photo shoot, then probably carting those people off to a detention centre to await deportation back to a place where they will probably be captured and re-trafficked again (which happens a lot). But there won't be any photos in all of that.

I agree there’s a lot to criticise her for but often it appears misogynistic. I remember when she (rightly) got sacked for the Golan Heights issue, on Twitter lots of people were tracking her flight back to the UK, there was this gleeful frenzy that she was going to be sacked and I don’t think a male politician would have had the same treatment.

Oh, I think some would have had the same treatment. Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and JRM are three I definitely think would. And, I know not a politician, but Dominic Cummings would have as well.

Flaxmeadow.

As much as I hate Pritti Patel I agree with your last post.
Especially the fact it isn't hidden anymore.
And for pointing this out.

As if transwomen are women, but Tory women are not.
what on earth

I agree there’s a lot to criticise her for but often it appears misogynistic. I remember when she (rightly) got sacked for the Golan Heights issue, on Twitter lots of people were tracking her flight back to the UK, there was this gleeful frenzy that she was going to be sacked and I don’t think a male politician would have had the same treatment.

And then there was Ben & Jerry’s telling her how to control the borders, even though they haven’t paid migrant workers properly. Would a male politician have been patronised like that?

Simple really.

Criticise her policies in public (though for me action against modern slavery is a good thing).

Dislike her in private.

I know people, normal, "liberal thinking, left leaning" educated middle class people who feel it is OK to slag off Tory politicians using personal and unacceptable language. I assume they feel it is OK, even admirable, to display your wokeness by using "c...", "b...." etc about people they do not know, simply because their politics are different from theirs. And from my observation it is often women attacking other women. As if transwomen are women, but Tory women are not.

A failure to marshal arguments and be able to explain why you dislike someone's politics suggests your own politics are determined by prejudice and ignorance.

She wasn't 'overseeing' their arrest 😂 she was watching it: being photographed looking as menacing as one can in a flak jacket and gold shoes, is of really limited utility. I suspect the fuzz won't be lastingly grateful for her input.

She is being criticised for her appearance in general, and particularly her facial expressions.
She does have an unfortunate habit of smirking though. I don't know if I'm being misogynistic as I genuinely can't think of any other politicians with an unfortunate cast to their face but I also criticise BoJo for his ridiculous hair and general dishevelment.

Suspected sex traders? So where is your evidence?

She is over seeing the arrest of suspected people traffickers, you know serious organised crime that often exploits women, the kind of criminals who keep people enslaved

She's indulging in a ridiculous photoshoot to convey the impression of a big tough Home Secretary, because her ego is smarting from events in Glasgow last week. That's all.

I have no issue with people saying she is shit at her job and evil, that's not misogynistic. Abusing her purely by criticising her appearance only, or using misogynist terms of abuse like bitch/witch/whore or similar are not something that should be acceptable, whatever the particular politician has done. That's not "fair criticism", it's just abuse.

I don't give a fuck if she turns up in brogues, Yeezys, or Vibram FiveFingers: you're the one who suggested she was making some sort of point by pitching up in what appear to be gold loafers, which I'm pretty sure aren't culturally specific at all, although probably favoured by the Chiswick Russell & Bromley set.

For me, misogyny would be saying the fact she wears make up means she can't be good at her job. Or saying that her outfits must prevent her from carrying out her role. Etc etc
Not 'she is shit and her job and evil to boot' that has nothing to do with her being a woman and everything to do with her being a self serving drawbridge-pulling Tory

And me Patapouf
She's hard to see objectively.

Some just can't stomach a high profile, powerful woman.

Personally I hate the sly fucker, but the vitriol she and other female politicians receive is definitely due to misogyny.

This.

Not sure how accepting misogynist comments about women you don't like helps the cause of promoting equality. That surely perpetuates the idea that some women, the ones you personally don't like, deserve to be abused with misogynistic comments.

patapouf Same!