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Henning Wehn...getting there slowly

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RoyalCorgi · 11/12/2023 08:04

Come on, Henning! You can do it!

https://twitter.com/henningwehn/status/1733973228324843632

https://twitter.com/henningwehn/status/1733973228324843632

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OldCrone · 11/12/2023 09:06

I clicked on the link to see what this was about.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-67650988.amp

A Tory MP called Green candidate Melissa Poulton "a man who wears a wig and calls himself a 'proud lesbian'."

Seems like a pretty accurate description to me.

"Melissa" was previously known as Matthew Viner. Poulter is apparently his ex wife's maiden name.

https://nitter.1d4.us/Sorelle_Arduino/status/1732066123388985732#m

Rachel Maclean

Tory deputy chair accused of transphobic remarks - BBC News

Rachel Maclean shared a post describing a transgender parliamentary candidate as "a man who wears a wig".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-67650988.amp

RoyalCorgi · 11/12/2023 08:21

You're right, Frood, and yet that fear is real. People like Wehn see what's happened to Graham Linehan and understandably don't want their career ruined. Wehn might be protected a bit by the demographics of his fanbase, but even so you can see why he's cautious. Compare him to the rest of the cowards on the standup circuit (Dara O'Briain, Stewart Lee etc) and he looks like a tower of courage in comparison.

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Froodwithatowel · 11/12/2023 08:10

Really does evidence, as with so many politicians last week, the narrative now is 'I get it and these are very serious problems/this is batshit, but I don't want to be shouted at or look in the wrong'.

Its a bit mindblowing to discover how limp so many people are, and so reliant on approval and being in with the in crowd, to the point of abandoning their own sense of right and wrong.

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