Rishi Sunak shamed for using transphobic dogwhistle while Brianna Ghey's mother watches on at PMQs

Rishi Sunak managed to reach a new low at PMQs today by showing absolutely no filter and continuing the Tories' rampant transphobia while Brianna Ghey's mother watched on from the public gallery. #pmqs
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[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

I loathe the pantomime that is PMQs. Utter embarrassment.

[@leso204]

. Allways called it punch & judy time ......

[@brusselssprouts560]

In this instant, with this stolen "Tory Government", it is in the public interest that cretins on the Government benches are allowed to trip over their own tongues. Starmer isn't a KC for no reason.

[@Happy_Shopper]

I can't even watch it. The contempt on show is too disgusting

[@CaptainLekko]

It's the entire reason I hated everything politics for years, I thought it was all just shouting "but at least we're not as bad as them!" Now I know it's just mostly that.

[@MasterDeroy]

This isn't where policy is made. This is pantomime for the masses. It's all fun and games until you remember these people are in charge of our country.

[@ssssss9740]

Again with the retort: “Yeh, but what have you done?!” Mate you’re the PM, not Starmer

[@Paul-ws8lh]

Exactly, it’s all, don’t look at me, look at him

[@tobos8909]

​@@Paul-ws8lhThat's one reason why Rishi's anti immigration pandering hasn't helped his polling. Whining about immigrants is an easy way to earn poll points when you're the opposition or a fringe party, but when you're the prime minister, the response will be "Well who's fault is that?"

[@zoid9969]

Didn't you know? It's "Questions to the leader of the opposition" now. Perhaps after Hoyle called Starmer "Prime Minister" recently, Sunak is a bit confused.

[@Slow_Horse]

Shame there were no flights to Rwanda when Sunak’s lot decided that it would be a soft touch to come here!

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

Total disrespect for the family of a murdered child. The tories just can't help finding a new way to be repulsive every single day, it's almost impressive.

[@sirpatrick187]

What you expect when they the ones spreading the hate that got her killed

[@adamsosa]

Wow this is like one big simp party in the comments 😂

[@sirpatrick187]

@@adamsosa what not wanting our politicians to disrespect dead people...that says more about you than us

[@robotmerger]

@@adamsosatwat, do you even know what simp means.

[@SuperKiao]

Brianna was a boy

[@yc9129]

Why does knowing what a woman is matter? I'm sick of hearing this from the right. Who cares what gender someone decides to identify as surly we have more pressing issues to sort out. If you wish to to believe in a god or religion go for it, wear whatever clothes you like and live any lifestyle you wish as long as it causes no harm to others who cares?

[@PippetWhippet]

Clearly you don’t understand populist conservatism. Populist conservatism only works if you have an enemy to fight. If you don’t actually have an enemy, then to avoid your entire party falling apart at the seams due to them all being various flavours of extremists who naturally oppose each other vehemently, then you need to invent an enemy. They tried poor people and a footballer stomped them, they tried the disabled who fought back hard enough it became not worth it. So they turned on trans people.

[@tauenjoyer305]

Because they need a minority group to call the enemy to gain votes, they did with black people, they did it with gay people now it's our turn. Conservatives never change

[@solideogloria390]

If you cannot define something as simple as what a woman is, then why be trusted on anything.

[@tauenjoyer305]

@@solideogloria390 it's not as simple as you'd think, for example define a chair

[@yc9129]

@@solideogloria390 again who cares? What difference does it make to sorting out the shit state of the country

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

utterly ashamed of having Lindsay Hoyle as my local MP today. He should've immediately sought an apology from Sunak and shouldn't have moved on until one was forthcoming.

[@skloodzi]

I didnt expect different from the chocolate teapot Lindsay Hoyle is.

[@superhumantrueman]

Hoyle is beyond useless. He can't keep order and might as well not even be there.

[@jazzyb8886]

He's an undercover Tory, that's why.

[@LongbranchOlivetti]

He has a lot less power than what you clearly think. There is very little he can actually do, he certainly can't force anybody to say anything.

[@HoratioChinn]

That's not the role of the speaker, whoever that may be.

[@kityhawk2000]

The "what is a woman" comment means Sunak either doesn't bother to listen to any questions hes being asked and just uses PMQs to spout meaningless soundbites. Or it proves he thinks its more important to make a bigotted joke in the the face of a mother whos child was murdered as a result of the same biogtry because he thinks it'll make him look cool to the bigots in his party who he's totally beholden to.

[@unnamed3932]

Ghey's mother wasn't even in the gallery at the time.

[@Raquel_Incorporated]

Oh that makes it completely fine then, carry on being transphobic!

[@oxymoron02]

@@unnamed3932 A total lie lol.

[@dannylad1600]

@@unnamed3932 copying and pasting your made up BS comment I see.

[@kityhawk2000]

​@unnamed3932 doesn't really matter does it, buddy? The PMs spokesperson is doubling down on the comments. So they're basically saying whether she was there or not he'd have said the same. Sunak is basically like the unpopular nerdy kid at school who hangs out with the bullies and parrots everything they say in a desperate attempt to look cool. Its as sad and pathetic as it is offensive.

[@belbrighton6479]

Ffs that is our PM. Glad to see Kier stepping up to the mark here and genuine anger at the sick joke. Not in my name.

[@oxymoron02]

​​@@neilcarr3841 An oaf makes comments with no explanation or analysis to back them up. Just saying 💁‍♂️

[@if6was985]

​​@@neilcarr3841 you need to explain. Edit.... You can't explain until your dad gets home and explains what an oaf is.

[@janecg7878]

@@neilcarr3841 There’s a word for defenders of the reprehensible like you teeny weeny little ‘man’ But sadly nobody would get away with posting it on here

[@janecg7878]

@@neilcarr3841 Describing yourself yet again incy wincy

[@markbebber2284]

Starmer doesn’t have a genuine bone in his spineless body. Both leaders support genocide and don’t have a problem with 100000 dead children but make political points out of one victim of murder. Disgusting.

[@tjfSIM]

And I noted Sunak chose not to echo the sentiments spoken by Kier in tribute to Brianna Ghey's mother, instead choosing to move straight into his usual pathetic blame shifting and 'whatabout-ism'. That seemed incredibly crass on its own, but to then make such a flippant remark about transgender issues gives a real insight into his character.

[@nachonovo04]

Can you define what a woman is?

[@benbutcher9672]

I mean it's a year old case and we're about 5 years or less from a world war. There's other things to talk about.

[@robotmerger]

@@nachonovo04why? Reality is no one really gives a fuck. You walk around your area and you see woman with your eyes. Gender is noticeable. If I see a woman she turns out to be trans. Then cool? That doesn’t bother me because gender and sex aren’t quite the same thing. Though a woman is an adult human female. I do not understand why far right wingers are SO bothered about trans women though. Do you guys know that trans men exist too? Or do you forget about them because male privilege.

[@carpscan]

Trying to make political capital from the murder of Brianna Ghey ... says more about Starmer than Sunak

[@somethingelse516]

@@nachonovo04if somehow you woke up tomorrow in a body different than the gender you currently have, how would you feel? Would you suddenly act like the gender of your new body and think you’re that gender. Or will you still think that you’re the gender you were the night before. If there is even a hint of ambiguity that you would do anything but act, think or feel you are the gender of the body you woke up in you the start understand what it feels like to be trans. You think and feel differently than the biological sex you were born into. For some people there happened since they can remember. But there are now options to remedy that all the way to surgery and hormone replacement therapy so you can get the body you need and should have had. Remember, compassion is key here

[@alexnowis2468]

Fucking disgusting, that poor girl is dead, 6ft under, after being murdered for who she was, her grieving mother is in the galary watching this & the current Prime Minister, the leader of the UK has the gall to say that, simply to score cheap political points. Absolutely utterly disgusting.

[@alexhollinghurst3945]

And this is a day after he bet £1,000 with Piers Morgan on if he can deport migrants to Rwanda before the election. He's actually vile. Cruel and capricious, and he shouldn't be PM.

[@mattb6704]

The poor boy is dead. You’ve spelt gallery wrong.

[@PassiveAgressive319]

To be clear. Rishi Sunak entered parliament in 2015. Within 7 1/2 years he became PM, and speaks volumes to his lack the experience, competency and finesse to be a leader let alone Prime Minister. His a petulant, nasal schoolboy and annoying AF

[@MrTonydrew]

to be clear ... sunak , unelected by the people , rejected by his own party members , made PM in a dirty deal

[@nick260682]

Imagine in America you can turn up with zero political experience, but a bucket load of cash and get the top job

[@Venom-xd9st]

Still 7 and a half more years of experience than you 😂- also, Keir has a year or so more experience, do you really think that makes much of a difference when he and his party have been whooped for the past decade? 😂

[@nick260682]

@@Venom-xd9st Stupid comment on many levels. He’s got more experience than us, yes, but we aren’t standing as prime minister. And yes, Labour have done badly recently, but polls are suggesting landslides. Everyone hates the Tories. Also Starmer has many years more experience in top jobs in the public sector, and crucially, unlike any of the current Tories, he actually cares about the country. You may disagree with his policies, but surely we can agree that we at least all want a PM whose starting position is wanting what’s best for the country?

[@PhilDole]

They attack each other my problem is you see them all together laughing and joking there all a joke

[@SongsandActs]

It speaks to Sunak's total incompetence as a politician. We all know he's a useless PM but he can't even do politics right.

[@AndyD89]

100% agree. Ian Hislop said something similar

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

That is because Sunak isn't even trying to play politics and is simply using his position in government to enrich his family, for example he recently gave two of his relatives (one of them his wife) contracts worth £750 million.

[@SongsandActs]

​@@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926my theory is he's setting himself up for a Clegg style tech job.

[@lewisjackson6395]

Hes a prime minister no one wanted but he still win his vote

[@Professor_Genki7]

Cry

[@Ljounieh]

Why does British parliament works like the 5th grade??

[@TheAmusementsArcade]

Why not?

[@mrtrolly4184]

because the whole system is outdated by about 70 odd years

[@Venom-xd9st]

It’s called an adversarial type of political system- look it up, it’s how Parliament works as opposed to the US, where it’s more of a consensus-based political system (in practice, it of course isn’t very consensus driven though). I often forget how uneducated people are in comments section, but they’d rather complain than educate themselves

[@TheAmusementsArcade]

@@mrtrolly4184 it's very effective though so why change it. They are forced to challenge and hold eachother accountable in the scrutiny of the public and media. And through all the mayhem, they sort out their diffences with full transparency

[@talitam.8414]

​@TheAmusementsArcade Because they're supposed to be serious and make decisions that will impact 67 million of British people? There is nothing funny about it but hey if British people like , I love it. But from an outsider perspective that banter is interesting to say the least....

[@orchidhouse297]

Starmer should have refused to ask any more questions.

[@GaryV-p3h]

Sunak is not just an embarrassment to himself & his party but more importantly an embarrassment to the entire nation.

[@snowyowel7961]

Starmer is a bigger embarrassment why doesn't answer the question can he define what a woman is sunak was not the first person to ask him.

[@danielcrafter9349]

​@@snowyowel7961- lol if you say so 😂😂

[@SuperKiao]

Brianna was a boy btw

[@GaryV-p3h]

@@SuperKiao Run along & play somewhere else, pathetic little troll.

[@englandnumber1581]

@@danielcrafter9349 What's a woman?

[@Tuelis97]

Listened to this live and I was absolutely shocked. It takes a serious lack of emotional intelligence to make a remark like that with Brianna’s mother literally watching from the gallery. Shameful.

[@rahuldahoob]

Is he a mong? He might be

[@unnamed3932]

Ghey's mother wasn't in the gallery at the time & Starmer was shamefully using a passing remark about Starmer's fecklessness re an issue that affects women to exploit that teen's death.

[@oxymoron02]

​@@unnamed3932 She was very literally there in the gallery at the time. Why is every conservative attempt to counter a point just a plain lie? Oh yeah, because the truth makes them look like the morally bankrupt, hateful assholes they truly are 💁‍♂️

[@superhumantrueman]

@@unnamed3932 The desperation to blame Starmer is laughable.

[@oxymoron02]

@@unnamed3932 Just to let everyone know this user is lying. Brianna's mother was indeed in the gallery at the time.

[@paulhodgers]

Why does it sound like in sunaks responses that he thinks starmer has any ability to institute political changes when he himself is the acutal prime minister 😂 and leader of the majority party,

[@bb5979]

Because he knows starmer will be in next and he will be a complete let down

[@johnsartmaterialguidestuto7757]

crystal ball eh! grow up! @@bb5979

[@paulhodgers]

@bb5979 anything is better than the pile of SHT dressed up in a suit that is the tories tho.

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Sunak mispronounced Brianna's surname compounding the insensitivity previously shown in his exchange with Starmer. Every week Sunak shows with crass comments and actions how out of touch he is. His defenders sometimes claim how nice he is-a fundamental part of being nice is sensitivity to others, respect for difference and self awareness so that comments are calibrated appropriately. Sunak singularly failed at this today in PMQs.

[@NilsAlmquist-d9k]

Sunak is certainly not nice. He's a nasty piece of work.

[@bb5979]

What on earth is gheys mother doing in parliament. Do they do this when straight parents have their kids murdered?

[@Professor_Genki7]

Cry

[@SuperKiao]

Brianna was a boy btw

[@PBas-qq4uh]

And to top it off.... WE pay their wages.

[@LoneSheWolf09]

92,000 a year and yet it still isn’t enough for these useless charlatans

[@twindigo]

Crazy

[@Karl-p6h]

@@LoneSheWolf09perfectly said.

[@KevinHannon-t5d]

He needs to apologize that was terrible what he said. Poor Brianna mother. Its time for this government to go. Please call a general election now. They are the worst uk government so out of touch with the people the country and the world 🌎. Im definitely voting Labour now my mind is made up. Time for change....

[@unnamed3932]

Ghey's mother wasn't even in the gallery at the time.

[@oxymoron02]

@@unnamed3932 Yes yes, you keep pushing your lie everywhere and I'll keep countering it to let people know that you're lying! 💁‍♂️

[@KevinHannon-t5d]

@@unnamed3932 just as well my friend glad she wasn't but still he shouldn't of said what he said. In the end. But people around the country listen to things like that. Even what Kier said about the guy from Iceland who's mortgage went up and they all laughed. We are normal people going through a cost of living crisis. I'm just fed up with them.

[@Professor_Genki7]

Cry

[@SuperKiao]

No he doesn’t need to. His mother had no reason to be there other than for Labour to score political points - Well it backfired. The Left uses tragedy as a cudgel to brow beat others into accepting the trans ideology. "Look! Look! A trans teen was murdered, now you HAVE to use the preferred pronouns or else you're a sick monster!"

[@bigkuriboh3814]

I'm sorry but he said nothing offensive about Brianna, he just said Starmer still can't define a woman and starmer used the death as a tool to avoid and attempt to smear. I don't like Sunak, but he did nothing wrong here.

[@purpleturnip3016]

How much more of this must we endure. General Election NOW!

[@SuperKiao]

Rishi is a legend for that 😂

[@dannylad1600]

Maybe to people on the f right.

[@SuperKiao]

@@dannylad1600Far right? Not accepting the T ideology is not far right lol

[@pinkcustard2703]

@@SuperKiao so Hitler wasn't far right because he didn't accept the jew ideology

[@alisonwoodrow6424]

Dentists closed due to lack of PPE during covid...

[@jenfirth8032]

The PM is out of his depth and drowning in his own inexperience. So fed up of his inability to understand what the job of the opposition is - but more importantly he doesn’t know to do his own job. He cant read the room, can’t think on his feet, and he has a host of learned lines which he can’t pivot from. We need an election and it needs to be now.

[@melmatrix8212]

What did he say that was outrageous?

[@andrewturnbull6144]

It has always been a shame that this rhetoric is used. The biggest shame is that it took the mother of a murdered teenager to be in the room, before Sunak realised how disgusting his party's line is. This man cannot politics. GE Please!

[@andrewturnbull6144]

@Charlie_Nice carbon based mammalian biped.

[@andrewturnbull6144]

@Charlie_Nice nah mate, the fact that you can't read my response says it all! Impressive typing skills though. Would have thought your webbed fingers would have been a struggle. Well done you though, for conquering adversity!

[@andrewturnbull6144]

@@S7Vmv When does the silent bit kick in?

[@reality1701]

@@S7Vmv an adult human who identifies with feminine cultural traits. A human child who identifies with feminine cultural traits is called a girl. In my culture, women and men are only defined by their spiritual energy inside. Those who have the energy of both, neither, or energy that is the opposite of the typical person born in their body are sacred to us. They are our healers, teachers, and spiritual leaders. My people have always believed that. Nowadays we and some other tribes of Indigenous Peoples of Canada call this “Two-Spirit”.

[@maz2825]

​@@S7Vmv By asking that question you are defining a person as a social constructed product rather than something of uniqueness and individuality. A woman is not just sexual parts but a individual feeling of how they perceive femininity and their own identity of who they are. Also... why is ut always "what is a woman" never "What makes a person... a person?". Why do you worry so much about the way people see sex, gender and presentation than actually worrying about what us important- being a respectful human being that offers acceptance and empathy for someone no matter who they are or where they come from. Children naturally do not see social constructed things like male and female..... in the nursery I've seen more boys cry iver wanting to play with the doll and pram and girls loving to play with blocks. There is no colour or clothes for gender... only what a person loves and feels confident in. Do you like all your fruit and vegetables? Do you eat all of them despite not liking or even detecting some? Its the same woth gender.... some people just don't feel like they do on the outside... it is not a mental illness its just a preference and how the person has discovered their own self as a human being. So let's stop invalidating people by asking ignorant questions because in makes you sound like you have no capacity to have empathy or to try and understand others x

[@grahamwade5932]

I'd like to offer Sunak a £1000 bet that he won't give another transphobic answer for the next 3 PMQ's

[@gerardfinnigan1539]

he will , thats there new manifesto , culture wars , borrowed from rapist donnie theres a lot more to come ,

[@ginskimpivot753]

It wasn't transphobic, and was in fact entirely true - Starmer couldn't define what a woman was. All you snowflakes using this to ask for an election need to spot the real joke here. Starmer has done nothing but oppose while in opposition. He hasn't one single alternative policy to deal with anything he's complaining about. We have fee speech in this country, but I guess none of you have ever used that to make a morally questionable comment, joke or reaction. It's just more opportunistic to be woke, outraged and offended, right?

[@lola1361]

@@ginskimpivot753it’s called a dog whistle…

[@ginskimpivot753]

@dondoodat No, the opposition's role is to scrutinise, hold the government to account, and offer better policy solutions to sway people to vote for them. I yield to your expertise on women. It's clear you obviously _are_ one.

[@martinmurphy9679]

@@ginskimpivot753 Keir should ask Fishy to put him straight on what a woman is and see how quickly he can dig a hole for himself.

[@TJBeyonder2814]

What a shameful act sunak should apologise for that disgusting behaviour

[@Professor_Genki7]

Cry

[@fricozoid1]

@@Professor_Genki7gimp 😂😂😂

[@MiniMunchPlays]

​@@Professor_Genki7Gimp 😂😂😂

[@neptunium_239]

​@@Professor_Genki7sunak sleeper agent

[@NoUsername-cq6yp]

@@Professor_Genki7lol shut the fuck up with your common responses 😂

[@owainmorgan3897]

Self awareness for Rishi Sunak is clearly not a thing 🙄😠😡🤬

[@avakholwadia1420]

Starmer was visibly shaken by Sunaks reaction and statement.

[@captaininsulin2154]

​@@S7Vmvyou don't think Sunak did anything wrong?

[@avakholwadia1420]

@@S7Vmv Starmer mentioned the fact that this woman was in the chambers and it is just human decency to not make such insensitive comments and especially as someone who is PM. The reaction from the parents subsequently showed how insensitive it was. The rhetoric from who ever should be less dividing and more concerned with actual matters that the general population want and need. Secondly the tories have been in power for 14 years and still in power so blaming the opposition for what might or might not happen is just gaslighting the public. They have made the very wealthy even more wealthy, they have wasted huge amounts of public money and given contracts to donors and put people of no real public services into the lords, they have lied on countless occasions and in a very public way. Like any good leader, it is only fair to wait to see what the real damage will be before committing to previous pledges. Remember since the 25 billion pledge Truss crashed the economy. Sunak wrote off millions of public funds that where for contracts that never materialized. Money has been wasted by government and we should remember that. The flip flopping that the tories have done whilst in power should be called out and not that of the opposition! Tuften Street IEA unelected government string pullers should be held accountable for the huge damage they have forced on to the British people. The million’s family Sunak have received in government contracts? 500 million paid to TATA of public money for the closure of the port talbot plant. Millions paid to Rwanda whilst at the same time granting people from Rwanda asylum 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@MyName-cw4yr]

​@@captaininsulin2154nope.

[@MyName-cw4yr]

​@@avakholwadia1420"the tories lie" so do labour.... "the tories crashed the economy" so have labour.... there are no differences between the 2 parties.

[@captaininsulin2154]

@@MyName-cw4yr people with compassion and empathy do

[@andydyer6591]

The Tories, with their culture war posturing and their obsessive transphobia, are part of the atmosphere that makes it so dangerous for trans people to live openly in Britain. I shouldn’t be, but I’m somehow shocked that he would do it even in front of a grieving mother of a murdered trans child.

[@unnamed3932]

It's not transphobia to protect women's & LGBs' sex-based rights & Ghey's mother wasn't even in the gallery at the time Sunak made the remark re women's rights.

[@mused89]

@@unnamed3932 I feel I speak for everyone when I say - "Shut up you bigoted cretin".

[@oxymoron02]

@@unnamed3932 It is LGBTQ+ and the rest of the community does not endorse you dropping the other two letters, nor the plus. It's very pathetic that all you have is pure lies that Brianna's mother wasn't there, when in fact she was. Also, heterosexual cisgender people commit 99.9% of all offences, so remind me who needs protecting from who?

[@ChrisMinusHumour]

@@unnamed3932 You are talked utter shite if you think trans rights means less rights for others. That is an old tactics. No one believes you.

[@ralalbatross]

@@unnamed3932 I don't need some right wing cretin to protect my rights, thanks. I can do that myself.

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

Never in a million years did i think i could hate someone more than the bloated scarecrow

[@ForGodAndTheEmpire]

I’m not sure how calling Kier Starmer out on his inability to define a woman is a “transphobic dog whistle”.

[@Naren25]

Really? You aren't? Not go on the Internet much?

[@GWills-ys6rd]

SUNAK WON'T RECOVER FROM THIS REMARK.

[@natenute8474]

you overestimate British public.

[@maximilionsteiner2778]

I'm not sure, even the most bigoted anti trans gammon generally has the decency not to insult a grieving mother...

[@vongoethe111]

I think he will. That’s the real shame.

[@unnamed3932]

Ghey's mother wasn't even in the gallery at the time.

[@superhumantrueman]

There is nothing to recover. The cons are toast.

[@edgeofthemap]

Even by tory standards this is low, and thats really saying something

[@biddlybongdavinport5995]

You lot enabled this tool.

[@Raquel_Incorporated]

@@biddlybongdavinport5995 I think they were saying this is a low by the Tory party's standards. I don't think they were saying that they themselves are a Tory

[@SuperKiao]

Why are you shocked? We tell you ALL the time we don’t buy into your trans ideology.

[@SuperKiao]

We tell you all the time, we don’t support this ideology. Why are you surprised?

[@steve-kl9iv]

Starmer using a murder victim to score political points 😂

[@DylanRobins-v4n]

Well I think it’s a bit rich since Sunak made a joke and of child murder

[@steve-kl9iv]

@@DylanRobins-v4n he didn't.

[@DylanRobins-v4n]

@@steve-kl9iv watch the video again and watch him make that dirty smile

[@steve-kl9iv]

@@DylanRobins-v4n none of them gives a toss about Brianna ghey. Stop falling for the grief junkies. Starmer is just using her as a political weapon. Even that woman sat behind starmer was laughing at what sunak said. when starmer replied with his fake outrage she suddenly put on a solemn expression. Fakes and liars.... That's labour

[@edwardalexander9486]

sunak has the gift of the gab and it's all diversions from answering to the truth - which makes him dangerous. Just look at the smirk every time he approaches, no matter the seriousness of the oppositions' questions.

[@andrewcoley6029]

Not a Starmer fan, but but glad he pulled up Sunak on this - Sunak was following the script but obviously doesn't understand what the words he is saying mean nor their implications. They are just lines he's been given because they appeal to the viewers of GB News.

[@RaRa-eu9mw]

Keir could simply have proven him wrong by defining a woman...

[@syphonfillter]

Keir Starmer does not need to entertain a childish semantic question every time Rishi Sunak feels like deflecting from his abysmal track record in government. You don't even have to like Starmer or agree with him to see this for what it is.

[@charlottemarceau8062]

He didn't apologise. Empty man. ("A shiver looking for a spine" spot on that)

[@darrenphillips4515]

Rishi was only telling the truth about starmer

[@TerryFGM]

UK learn to fucking vote.

[@PippetWhippet]

People don’t care. Retired homeowners care more about increasing the value of their property year after year so they can remortgage to pay for their annual cruise, so they vote Tory no matter what. Thats three quarters of their support locked in for free and because no other group votes in the numbers that the greys do, it means that they will always be difficult to beat.

[@Patricia-ED]

Streamer is no better and has no right to take any moral high-ground He has offered no opposition to the trans culture war and has in fact agreed and supported it. They are both dispicable. He could easily have raised the point Brianna’s father made in an interview about the GIC acknowledgment that we face a 20 + year waiting list to access support. Both dispicable

[@Bond047]

All UK need is to change the PM not the party. Leftists will totally destroy UK....🤡

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

I'm sorry. I'm a conservative person but this lack of empathy and manners is repulsive. We need to do better

[@superhumantrueman]

"We need to do better" - Bit late for that.

[@diongrey5033]

Sunak never cares

[@superhumantrueman]

@@diongrey5033 None of them have ever cared. Its all good doing the "we must do better" act but when its come at the end of 14 years of misery its pretty worthless.

[@SongsandActs]

Stop being a conservative and we might believe you. It's your rhetoric that resulted in Ghey being dehumanised in the first place.

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

​@@superhumantrueman I never think a desire to do better and be better is negative.

[@zzskyninjazz1821]

Disgraceful. We all know he makes these comments but especially today is a new low even for him

[@anthonypert574]

Talking of pandemics Where's our money plus Where's our 350 million for nhs brexit and why get to work undoing what labour started at Tunbridge Wells?

[@chrisnash6992]

I think we all knew at the time that 350 million was a big fat lie.

[@karencattelldeves3815]

Disgusting;

[@mickodillon1480]

What you doing Hoyle you dope

[@verystripeyzebra]

His job. He is there to facilitate debate, not extract apologies or fact check.

[@damiankimmins3880]

Starmer shamed himself there!

[@Stuboy]

Shame when Brianna gheys mother is there , that should be the norm at any time , the lack of humanity and empathy with these types just prove , if you are not sitting in there or on them seats you are just statistics.

[@andydyer6591]

According to the Guardian it’s possible she hadn’t actually arrived by that point, so she might not have heard it in person. But As far as any of them in the chamber knew, she was there and heard every word.

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

​@@andydyer6591it doesn't matter does it? They knew she would be there today at some point. So maybe, whether you're gender critical or not, just for one day, give it a rest out of respect for the mother of a brutally murdered child

[@andydyer6591]

@@user-zr6ee6lb9m I wasn’t saying it mattered. I also said that as far as they knew, she was there. These taunts also shouldn’t ever be acceptable.

[@SuperKiao]

@@user-zr6ee6lb9m Brianna was a boy

[@user-zr6ee6lb9m]

@@SuperKiao ghoul

[@MarkReynolds-c2o]

Shameful, Rishi Sunak again not thinking before he speaks. The speaker should have stepped in.

[@verystripeyzebra]

That's is not the speakers job, and he has no power to do anything about it. He is there to facilitate debate.

[@wilfredsterling2124]

It's about time that these people were dragged out of power by their ears. They disgust me. Sunak, not even elected by the British people.

[@rahuldahoob]

Oooooooooo racist!!

[@oxymoron02]

@@rahuldahoob Not even close. Sunak wasn't elected by the general British populace (nor was Truss). And no, I'm not white, so you don't get to play the racism card when someone is literally just stating facts.

[@bb5979]

If you are pro rejoining the EU the matter of being unelected is irrelevant to you

[@vitalyl1327]

@@bb5979 gammon, did you ever vote for your MEP?

[@SuperKiao]

yes he was elected

[@hg82met]

And then to add insult to injury, Badenoch comes out and accuses Starmer of playing politics. These people have no shame. Too low is never low enough.

[@englandnumber1581]

Starmer DID play politics. Rishi Sunak only piled on to the fact that he doesn't know what a woman is, with no intent to offend Brianna. Starmer took it too seriously and with the woke attitude he has, he mentions Brianna out of nowhere.

[@notquiteatory971]

They're making the murder a trans issue rather than the sick kids who were driven to murder.

[@jamieedwards3629]

Remember, if you don’t support Starmer and his Labour Party you are ensuring sunak and his ilk continue for another 4 years.

[@baileyiain]

Sunak and Hoyle should not be in the positions that they are in. Hoyle doesn't have the conviction to carry out his duties. Sunak is a doormat with delusions of grandeur. Did we have the power to prevent these types of men to ascertain power? If yes, then why? What does that say about us? If no, then what does that say about democratic systems? What's to stop this ordeal from happening again?

[@alexjaybrady]

It should have been Rishi Sunak instead of Brianna and no one would be mourning him

[@SuperKiao]

Brianna was a boy

[@jadepixie2719]

I think the media is overthinking it over this thing.

[@mattb6704]

The media keep calling that boy who was murdered a “she” and now a “daughter” rather than “son”. The media don’t seem to think enough.

[@davmar5648]

I dont agree that Sunak was meaning anything to do with Briana. Starmer chose to actually use Briana to get to Sunak which I think is worse. Starmer is no angel. He's just thinking of himself. Remember he is a GOOD lawyer.. Lawyers twist things.

[@pinkcustard2703]

So its just a coinsidence that he happened to say something transphobic when he knew Brianna's mum was there are you saying hes always transphobic

[@mattb6704]

@@pinkcustard2703 Recognising Biological sex is not “transphobic” you absolute tea spoon.

[@bexrex97]

Not suprised by his comments, still makes me feel sick. He doesn't even have the democratic right to run the country. I didn't vote for him and I never would.

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

get well soon

[@apuppynamedoz]

I noted starmer still couldn't define what a woman is. The sentiment doesn't change purely because someone's mother is in the audience

[@PippetWhippet]

There is no definition of a woman, because the word woman is a catchall generalisation of anyone who is a woman. See Celtic for another example of a word with no definition. If you want to get a definition for the woman, you have to use a modifier to make is a specific term. For example, anyone can define “biological woman”, being a human being born and allocated the sex of female by a doctor (who do so on the basis of what the baby looks like) and passed the age of adulthood in whatever region she lives in. “ATF woman” being a human being born and not allocated a sex at birth due to the doctor not being able to tell visually, but later being allocated the sex of female, and has passed the age of adulthood in the place that they live.

[@johnsartmaterialguidestuto7757]

grow up, he hasnt got all day to do that has he......pathetic remark!

[@zoid9969]

He doesn't have to. Sunak is supposed to answer questions, not ask Starmer questions. Also, is it really that hard to name Brianna Ghey? Calling her "someone" smacks of a lack of respect to someone who suffered so appallingly and was in fact murdered. Or are you trying to denigrate her because you're transphobic?

[@johncurrie6693]

​@PippetWhippet oh we all know what a woman is. They are female, have a womb, a vagina and breasts. You might be confused but 99% of us aren't. Just because you are confused about scienctific facts doesn’t mean the rest of us are.

[@apuppynamedoz]

No. transphobia doesnt come into this one. i made the generalisation because it could have been anyone sat in the viewing gallery. its not like rishi has never said that comment before. he has said that jibe many times to the point of it being almost almost expected. its common knowlege that rishi would say that as a rather childish stab at kier. therefore it really didnt seem so shocking to me. id be more shocked if he stepped down and didnt make those kind of jibes. unfortunately we're left with this situation. Becuase the definition of the word "woman" seems to have become dependant on ones beliefs, its causing chaos. we need a standard. woman is a statement of gender... but female is a statement of sex for example. if you are a trans woman you are a woman, but NOT female. or vice versa. sport for instance isnt divided by gender, its divided by sex, yet people change their categorisations even though their sex, defined by their chromosomes did not change. i dont care what the definition of a woman is. but we need to set a standard over when we refer to gender and sex and how much importance we put on those subjects otherwise we'll keep on down this wierd road of extreme divison instead of learning about one another on the same playing field. i dont care what his answer may be. just make it law, set the standard for people to follow. thats why at the very least, someone needs to answer that question.

[@MrTzimisces]

This is disgusting

[@rahuldahoob]

Oooo gays!! 🎉 I love a grindr bj

[@daveys]

No respect for each other I can accept, but not respecting Ms Ghey, particularly when she was visiting - Sad example to set.

[@rahuldahoob]

Who is Mrs gay??

[@daveys]

@@rahuldahoob - Ms Ghey is the mother of the child who was murdered in Birchwood Park by two children who went to their school.

[@bb5979]

@daveys People are murdered all the time, but theyre putting the parent if a “trans” person on a pedestal.

[@daveys]

@@bb5979 - Scoring points off those comments, while the person is actually there is a poor example to set. That child’s mother is not a political football. This is about respect, not gender issues.

[@leonie7754]

@@bb5979 they were murdered because they were trans and regardless - a grieving mother shouldn't have to hear the rhetoric used against their dead child by the leader of her country, regardless of what the child was. I might not be woke, but I do know common sense, politics and empathy and Sunak lacks them all. He was a political idiot at best to even bring the issue up at that time, even if you agree with the statement, and at worst he showed himself to be a cruel, callous man who would happily hurt others he feels are beneath him to try and score a point. He has repeatedly showed contempt for people suffering in this country and this is just an further extension of that.

[@Nonegiven14582]

I always preferred Javid. But he and Sunak both got Boris out over gay groping issues. Was that a one off when Sunak was doing the right thing? Was he doing it just to get the Prime Ministers job? When both those men stood up to Boris, I applauded them. I still believe Javid to be a good man. Sunak seems more about his own political gain.

[@carlosgomes2783]

"I know you are, I said you are, but what am I?" That's about the level of Sunk's reaction when faced with the facts of life in Tory Britain today. As for the crack about defining a woman, it's wired into his programming, like "square one", "no plan" and "what about Corbyn?"

[@hg82met]

Every day in every way he shows us how unsuitable he is to be the Prime Minister. I'm ashamed that this man is running the country.

[@skinwalker_]

Sunak’s parents must be so embarrassed at this point.

[@skinwalker_]

I can’t even watch or listen to sunak. He repulses me. 🤮

[@RESELLERGEORGE]

when your worth £500 MILLION and will have £115K per year FOR LIFE after he looses the Gen Election. You can say whatever you want with impunity . VILE #toriesout

[@therepublicofcynica]

Starmer can harp on as much as he likes but if you look at the two women behind him they laugh at what Sunak said. When Starmer speaks their expressions quickly change. Watch for six seconds from 2:11.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Im looking forward to Sunak losing the GE, what an ar××××le

[@natashasmith9843]

Sunak is a disgrace and his attitude on this mater is well documented

[@bb5979]

Why does a trans persons parent get to sit in the house but nobody else does?

[@PippetWhippet]

⁠@@bb5979Loads of people get invited to sit in the house, for a whole variety of reasons.

[@tobos8909]

@@bb5979 They do, it's not uncommon for people to be invited to the house of commons

[@mattb6704]

@@bb5979 So dopey Keir Starmer can use her for political points of course 😂

[@KillaKermit]

The political system in this country is broken. This place is a circus filled with utter clowns.

[@thesamsquatch2704]

I wish I could say I’m surprised that Sunak would respond to the murder of a trans teenager with a transphobic dogwhistle, but I’m not. He and his party are utterly disgraceful and frankly really quite evil. Little Rishi Rich should be made to pay reparations to Brianna’s mother for insulting her daughter’s memory to her face, but we know that won’t happen because life has no consequences when you’re that rich, especially in Britain. Disgusting as always.

[@mattb6704]

Brianna was a son not a daughter.

[@chromenewt]

I think I'm missing a reference, something about "only 99% of a u-turn"? Mentioning anything about trans rights in front of the mother of someone who was killed for it is never advisable, but in my ignorance I'm missing exactly why what Sunak said is so bad (beyond the obvious lack of empathy he and the tories have in general)

[@Raquel_Incorporated]

I think an interviewer asked Starmer about a year ago "Do women have penises" and he said 99.9% of women do not, in reference to trans women. Sunak on the other hand said 100% of women did not have a penis as he hates trans people. The question was loaded and was clearly an attempt to goad a headline out of them but that's what the reference is to

[@flower4750]

it was the "he doesn't even know what a woman is!" comment. it's a dogwhistle but the cowardly implication is that women like brianna ghey aren't really women because of their trans background. he's mocking anyone who doesn't just reduce trans women to our sex at birth. starmer's reply mentions wanting everyone to feel safe and respected and it's appropriate because comments like sunak's make us unsafe - often when we're not seen as women, we're not seen as people worthy of any respect at all. brianna's mother has had to endure hearing people insulting and disrespecting her daughter like that, including the people who killed her (they referred to her as "it"), and now also the leader of our country

[@Derenyx]

In the past when asked the classic dogwhistle of "can women have penises" several years ago, Starmer replied that 99.9% of women don't, or something to that effect. Considering he has dialed back his support for the trans community over his tenure, that's the u-turn Sunak is referring to.

[@chromenewt]

@@Derenyx Ahhhhhh! Oooooooh.....! That's really not a great look for either of them, since either Sunak wasn't reading the room or he prepared that in advance to use thinking it was clever. Thanks for that, much appreciated!

[@chromenewt]

@@flower4750 Oh god, I missed that bit! JfC. I must have been so distracted by the "99%" bit that I missed that. Solidarity to you though, and thanks for pointing that out.

[@zoid9969]

He really is utterly hopeless. Crass, insensitive, shrill and ignorant. It had been mentioned that Brianna's mother was present, so why say anything that could even remotely be construed as transphobic? Why take the risk? He has no idea how to conduct himself in a dignified, grown-up way. He's a little boy (literally and figuratively) in a grown-up's world. Presumably there is someone, somewhere who's advising him on this (and the need to wear trousers that are 10cm too short)? How can he not realize that he's making a fool of himself? PMQs has always been an excuse for politicians to spout meaningless slogans and pointless rhetoric, whilst wittering on about the opening of something obscure in a place barely no-one has heard of, but with Sunak it's sunk to a new low. Is there a competition to see how many times he can say "back to square one", mention Corbyn or Starmer's supposed support for terrorists or take credit for a fall in inflation that had nothing to do with his government? It's telling just how quiet it is nowadays. People like Mordaunt look like they'd rather be anywhere but sitting on the front bench. How many of them have already mentally checked out and are just going through the motions?

[@truthseeker1867]

But seriously, What is a woman?? I didnt see or hear anything transphobic in anything he said. I don't follow politics but what are people crying about? He said nothing transphobic or offensive at all!

[@davidadiwego4608]

Rachel Reives has a big grin on her face even after Rishi's terrible "transphobia". I guess she seriously needs sensitivity training eh? BTW, thanks to Rachel from we the poor and barely managing people. Her refusal to scrap the Tories' bankers' bonus un-banning, which Labour was pretending to rail against late last year, fills us with hope for the future. And nice Freudian slip there from Starmer: "of all the -wokes- *weeks..."

[@realcapitalist1462]

In the name of all that's Holy. Go, just go!!

[@deanm4771]

There is no transphobia here. Get a grip.

[@NatashaZooks]

It's actually really nice to see Starmer get angry about the way the torys talk about transgender people. Someone needs to stand up to them on social issues and Labour must not be afraid to

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

doctors need to stand up for them

[@NatashaZooks]

@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP so true, as all of us need to!

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

sadly my comment has been misconstrued

[@DocSpooky]

Please remember this kinda stuff when voting comes around. Get this utter melt out PLEASE

[@GaryV-p3h]

Sunak showing the same level of contempt he has for everyone other than Tory voters & party doners.

[@stellacollector]

It also seemed like Stephen Flynn was so done with the PM already.

[@Ant-dx8yt]

I'm sure sunak appealed to certain parts of his party, and a large section of the tory voters too.

[@johnsartmaterialguidestuto7757]

yes he did, they call it the arsehole wanker part!

[@SmilingAnglerfish-oj9id]

MOGG FOR PM

[@richardparker1901]

Sunak is a very crass little man and a hopeless politician. Did I also mention his woeful lack of ethical standards?

[@LoveProWrestling]

Always laughing...what does he think is so funny about the state of this country under tory misrule.

[@johnmorris3894]

Sunak is truly vile. Doubt his own kids will speak to him when they are adults.

[@AntonyClayton-eq1ul]

Though there is the question of their inheritance.

[@johnmorris3894]

@@AntonyClayton-eq1ul Mum's got the real money. He really brings little to the table except arrogance.

[@ElectronicWitchcraft]

I’m curious, how much does the speaker get paid per annum to occasionally repeat the line “the constituents want to hear the questions” whilst allowing this hopeless shit show of name calling and obfuscation to unfold every week?

[@maximilionsteiner2778]

I'm assuming Sunak will be apologising? Otherwise I hope Starmer uses one of his questions every week to request he apologises.

[@mitchverr9330]

Doubled down so far after the event with a half hearted "stunning and brave" comment about Esther Ghey, no walking back on the bigotry though.

[@maximilionsteiner2778]

Kind of hope the mother doesnt accept it and makes a bit of a stink till he gives an offical apology, its bad enough at the best of times to do it but really crazy he thought it was acceptable this week - he needs to admit it was wrong not his usual "apologies for any feelings of offence you may have experienced" line@@mitchverr9330

[@biddlybongdavinport5995]

Sunak apologize?😂😂😂

[@janecg7878]

Apologise? Far far far right wing Bannon scripted Putin funded inadequate sociopathic ghouls never ever apologise Even when their totally deliberate pre planned and scripted hate speech results in actual loss of human life

[@B-uk8eo]

Apologise for what??? Starmer using a grieving mother for political point scoring, now that IS shameful.

[@Iazzaboyce]

Starmer looks creepy with his sirens on his shoulders 👹

[@oxymoron02]

And Sunak made NO apology or even acknowledgement of Brianna's mother at any point when Starmer mentioned her presence. I dont even fucking like Starmer god damn it, but at least he showed a shred of (likely feigned, certainly performative) interest.

[@anyafromindia]

Absolutely disgusting stuff from Rishi but I don't understand why Keir of all people is taking the moral high ground on this issue.

[@martinmurphy9679]

Because it was absolutely disgusting from Roland. You answered your own question.

[@garico7464]

Sunak's not human. his father in-law winds him up in he morning and sends him out to do his bidding. Disgusting!

[@Tom_murray89]

Rishi sunak is appalling and a general election needs to be called and held now

[@Lea31706]

He has not shame

[@gerarddodds7784]

Typical tories. Talk absolute shite and hope people believe it.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

Hoyle is useless

[@chaphidoesstuff]

Rishi's right tho, kier is a little Weasel that can't make his mind up

[@_Tp___]

what does the 99% of a u-turn thing mean? I'm not caught up on the latest conservative hate