To find it hilarious Labour claim to be the progressive party when they’ve only ever elected white men for leader

[BooToYouHalloween]

We now have the fourth elected (by the party) female Conservative leader. She is also the first black female leader and second person of colour.

Whereas the Labour Party have never voted in a woman or person of colour to be leader in their history. (Acting leader doesn’t count.) And yet people think they’re the more progressive party. I genuinely find it funny.

Exactly.

This is just another tedious Labour bashing thread. I don't care about the sex or ethnicity of public figures.

They are too busy self identifying as Orwelian pigs, taking free clothes from Farmer Jones.

I don’t think it matters what the characteristics of the leader are, rather their actual policies!

Why convenient? It's a point of view many people share.

🤭 Love it!

I laughed ruefully at this on Twitter. Anyone who’s read anything about Kemi’s past performance in any job she’s ever had won’t be feeling optimistic about what she’ll be able to do as Conservative leader.

As a lifelong leftie, I agree this is an uncomfortable truth.

I do find the “whataboutism” on this thread fascinating rather than any willingness to engage with the actual point being made. If it were the other way round (Tories being the ones who’d never elected anyone but a white man as leader) Labour supporters would be crowing about it from the rooftops. Because it obviously reflects something within the party.

THIS.

As a conservative who has been called racist many times on here because I vote conservative, I find some of the responses on here from labour supporters hilarious.

Im glad Badenock won over Jenrick. I think she’ll have a firm hand.

True. It is great that Kemi has broken that glass ceiling, against many who likely underestimate her.

"whataboutism"?.
Your entire point which followed was "what about if it was the other wat round..."
So. Whataboutism., @BooToYouHalloween

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I have never voted right wing.

But I don’t see how anyone can pretend that Labour doesn’t need to take a long hard look in the mirror and get to grips with why they only elect white male leaders.

It is a problem.

And the Tory’s poor record for improving life for women and diverse communities generally isn’t a get out of jail free card for Labour re this.

Labour have had a Jewish leader in recent times (Ed Miliband) who beat another Jewish man to the top job. All of which had to be erased by the Tory press to push the "Labour are antisemitic" narrative. In fact I think even Sir Keir is Jewish by marriage/conversion. Yep, what a bunch of antisemites.

Hilarious?
Again, humour is subjective I suppose. We shall see what Kemi Badenoch does as a leader, and judge her on that.

I'm a Conservative party member and I've got time for Kemi Badenoch but I really dislike this idea that circulates (even within conservative groups) that it's somehow improper or unseemly or a "bad look" for a white man to be head of a political party in Britain. Kemi is at her best when railing against this kind of identity politics so it annoys me when even her supporters spout this line.

Well considering the Tories have just voted in a leader who has made it very clear how ableist she is, ignorant re what is autism and begrudges Sen children having support to go to school I’d say they are clearly have no moral high ground.

Jeremy Corban

Corbyn. Fortunately, never became Prime Minister.

She’s shockingly awful and they’ve massively shot themselves in their own foot voting her in so there is a small positive.

I guess we should ignore the fact we have a female labour chancellor.🙄

100% agree on this about Kemi.

The problem is, neither does Labour particularly about autistic children, either. They refuse to define their plan for SEND reform.

@AnonyMouse80 Very true about Diane Abbott being poorly treated - although she was the first female MP of colour. I think her misfortune was to be a left winger under a right wing leadership rather than to be a POC though.

I bet once she's dead everyone will be paying tribute and saying how loved she was, conveniently forgetting how they hated and pilloried her during her lifetime. It was the same for Michael Foot.

She's shocking awful too sadly.

The last two female leaders of the Conservative Party have put women in leadership roles back by decades. Let’s hope that they have chosen better with this one and don’t feel the need for a sacrifice any time soon.

It should be about who is best for the job because they have the skills needed, sex nor ethnicity comes into it.