Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch declares war on gender-neutral toilets and Ben & Jerry’s – 17 ice-cold takedowns
Voting begins today in the Conservative Party leadership contest, with the eight remaining candidates and their supporters frantically trying to drum up the support of at least 30 other MPs to be in with a chance.
Leadership Update:
The competition is now between 8 right wing arseholes instead of 11 right wing arseholes. #ToryLeadershipRace— Parody Boris (@Parody_PM) July 12, 2022
BREAKING: Priti Patel has dropped out of the Tory leadership race after failing to bully 20 MPs into nominating her, but she did get Mark Francois' lunch money after kicking him in the shin behind the bike shed x
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCFLauraKT) July 12, 2022
It’s like the shittest selection box ever. #ToryLeadershipRace pic.twitter.com/oNyqMkIFJs
— Miffy (@miffythegamer) July 11, 2022
'Your party has been in power for 12 years, why have you allowed this to happen, and why are you only now highlighting it?'
The question that should, but won't, be put to every Tory leadership candidate when they complain about the current state of anything in the UK.— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) July 12, 2022
One hopeful, Kemi Badenoch – the MP for Saffron Walden – proudly hoisted the flag of the culture wars, with this –
No gender neutral loos here…. Just arrived at Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch's launch event where makeshift signs have been added to toilet doors to say "Men" and "Ladies" pic.twitter.com/paeE6wf49x
— Camilla Turner (@camillahmturner) July 12, 2022
Those are single-occupancy toilets. People were pretty scathing about the pointless gendering.
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I want to be Prime Minister but get offended by toilet signs is quite the pitch. https://t.co/9eSy2D7z68
— Christian Wakeford MP (@Christian4BuryS) July 12, 2022
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you turnip they’re all gender neutral, they’re single occupant, they’re the same as your toilets at home https://t.co/vGOPyWeI0B
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) July 12, 2022
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This is the perfect illustration of what the Tory Party stands for.
Millions in poverty, children going hungry, fuel prices soaring, global instability and food insecurity, impending climate catastrophe…
Tories: “WE PUT A SIGN ON A DOOR TO SHOW HOW MUCH WE HATE TRANS PEOPLE.”
— Fancy Brenda 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (they/them) (@SpillerOfTea) July 12, 2022
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Standing ten deep in the queue outside the ladies pissing yourself while the identical mens toilet is empty. Thinking 'this is what sex-based rights look like'.https://t.co/S1vNlafoGc
— libcom.org (@libcomorg) July 12, 2022
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Cost of living crisis? war in Europe? Covid? Climate change? No the big issue for @KemiBadenoch is using a scrap of paper to turn single occupancy gender neutral toilet cubicles into gendered toilets 👇 https://t.co/oK16RTpMiC
— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) July 12, 2022
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slapping gender signs on single-occupancy places to shit rather than come up with actual ideas to address actual problems https://t.co/KTudvSK7Ae
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) July 12, 2022
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nothing else is happening in the world, so our politicians and journalists have to spend their time sniffing around toilets for something to talk about. a ruling class obsessed with its own excrement. pissocracy https://t.co/Ob7wszttfQ
— Shaun (@shaun_vids) July 12, 2022
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The fragility of this https://t.co/RogY8cGSxw
— Nadine Batchelor-Hunt (@nadinebh_) July 12, 2022