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Tory MP Caroline Nokes gunning for Liz Truss over Equalities role.

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GreenUp · 24/09/2021 03:26

Seems like the TRA Tory MP Caroline Nokes who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee is going after Liz Truss on any grounds she can find. This is being framed as "Liz Truss treats this like a side hustle" when in reality, Caroline Nokes and Crispin Blunt are desperate to get rid of Liz Truss as she is not unsympathetic to GC arguments.

"The chair of a group of MPs has accused the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, of treating her second role as minister of women and equalities as a “side hustle”.

A damning report from the women and equalities committee accused the government of sidelining the push for equality, and said it risked “regression on equal rights after decades of progress”."

www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/24/liz-truss-accused-of-treating-equalities-role-as-side-hustle

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LizzieSiddal · 24/09/2021 08:12

Actually it would be fantastic to have a dedicated Minister in this role, with a seat at Cabinet, as Noakes suggests. However it would have to be someone like who knows what a woman is.

donquixotedelamancha · 24/09/2021 08:02

I think it's important but it's always going to be secondary to Foreign Secretary.

I think it's a huge advantage having the FS in this role. She can influence departments to act far more than if the role floated on its own.

donquixotedelamancha · 24/09/2021 07:59

Ah yes Caroline Nokes, champion of disadvantaged groups:

  • Opposed gay marriage.
  • Supported Fathers for Justice (before they turned on her).
  • Opposed anti-discrimination in work laws.
  • Opposed the human rights act and voted to repeal existing obligations to promote equality.

I'm sure all the cuts in benefits and services she voted for really helped women, the disabled, trans people etc.

BaronessWrongCrowd · 24/09/2021 07:53

Oh just fuck off Caroline. I listened to the Free Speech Nation podcast with Anne Widdicome. I don’t often agree with her but something she said about the current cohort of politicians struck very true. Can’t quite remember how she worded it but she basically said that they are not up to the grade, very mediocre and many do not have actual life experience. Made me think that many are in it for themselves. Caroline strikes me as one of those.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 24/09/2021 07:29

That YouGov survey is a bit ridiculous. How many people are likely to know who any Equalities Minister is?

Spiindoctor · 24/09/2021 07:26

I know Boris does not have many any great qualities but over the gender stuff he is the best we could get imv. I suspect many MPs just want it to go away and would cave.

OvaHere · 24/09/2021 07:17

Well unless Boris sees fit to make it a portfolio in it's own right then it is a 'side hustle'. I think it's important but it's always going to be secondary to Foreign Secretary.

If it was really about the post being taken more seriously they would be lobbying for it to be made a full time ministerial post. I suspect they don't care about that though, they just want to oust Truss and replace her with a TRA.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 24/09/2021 07:09

Caroline’s inbox must be a binfire of “I’m not angry, I’m disappointed that you are failing us” emails from TRA.

But yeah, fuck off caroline. You know damn well what a woman is

Ereshkigalangcleg · 24/09/2021 07:04

Fuck off Caroline.