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"We shouldn't get bullied" into believing that "people can be any sex they want to be"

"A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, that's just common sense," PM Rishi Sunak says

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/04/rishi-sunak-tory-conference-speech/

Rishi Sunak has formally announced he has cancelled the planned HS2 rail link from Birmingham to Manchester

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/04/rishi-sunak-conservative-conference-speech-hs2

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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

A transphobe and a trainsphobe, you say?

[–] Duckef@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The anagram of Rishi Sunak is cunt and I won't be taking questions on this

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The anagram of Rishi Sunak is Anus Hi Risk.

[–] loobkoob@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Hi risk anus" seems more fitting

[–] Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well that anus sure like gambling away the future of the country and his shithole party

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 year ago

Eminently so!

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the danger zone Kenny Loggins was talking about?

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago

Nah, as the esteemed scholar Sterling Mallory Archer is fond of pointing out, that song is about Lana still having the hots for him. Somehow.

[–] TaintPuncher@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“You either think this country needs to change, or you don’t. And if you do, you should stand with me and every person in this hall, you should stand with the Conservatives.”

Proceeds to cancel new public transport infrastructure, preventing change.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"If you want change, stand with the Conservatives!"

Lol is that meant to be satire? Conservatives for change.. the political group that wants to.. conserve.. old systems?

Also, they say it as if the opposition doesn't want change either..

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You're just missing the silent words in there.

[–] geissi@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Conservativism is the antithesis of progress

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

No no, you misunderstand. They want regressive change.

[–] mykneedoesnthurt@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The party that got itself bullied into brexit produced this.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They didn’t get bullied into it. They bit at the champ for it

[–] mykneedoesnthurt@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

They got bullied into it. They were the bullies.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

non-uk person here, how did they get bullied into it? conservatives seemed to love brexit from my recollection

[–] BenGFHC@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

A handful of Conservatives were being dumb and were advocating for brexit, David Cameron (Cons PM) didn't want brexit but was like sure let's have a vote on it, and he was confident the British people would just vote to stay so they didn't do much campaigning.

[–] echodot 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The individual MPs were told they had to toe the party line or else face deselection (be fired)

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

glad to read this - not that I'm enjoying the bullshit Sunak's putting the UK through, but to hear voters genuinely done with his fuckwittery.

any chance there's going to be accountability for their games with the missing phone messages?

[–] echodot 4 points 1 year ago

There is a court order so they have to hand this information over, they are just going to waste everyone's time until inevitable happens.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Motherfucker can't even spell what he hates

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

The common sense argument pisses me off because it can be understood in 2 ways.

  1. It is an idea that it is commonly regarded as "true/right/good"

  2. It is obviously the case

Both are obviously not the case. 1. Many people disagree with the statement. 2. Many educated people don't think it is like that, so it is clearly not obviously the case.