Caroline Nokes MP condemns Sunak and Braverman for ‘unacceptable and dangerous’ anti-trans ‘jokes’
Caroline Nokes, the Conservative MP who chairs the Women and Equalities Committee, has spoken out against Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman for their “unacceptable” anti-trans comments.
Earlier this month, Braverman, the Home Secretary, joked that “we can’t rule out” Keir Starmer “running to be Labour’s first female Prime Minister” at the next election.
Meanwhile, in a recording leaked to PinkNews, Sunak, the Prime Minister, told a group of Conservative MPs that the Liberal Democrats were “busy trying to convince everybody that women clearly have penises”.
Speaking on the ‘What the Trans?’ podcast, Nokes condemned the comments made by her peers in the Conservative Party. READ MORE: ‘Conversion therapy’ ban: Caroline Nokes MP speaks out against ‘consent clause’ “I think it’s hugely othering, it’s very dangerous, and it’s seeking to make a group of people the butt of jokes,” she said. “I just think it’s unacceptable.” “We should be setting ourselves higher standards” Nokes said Braverman’s remark was “a ridiculous comment” and added: “I thought it was very telling that there was silence in the House, there was tumbleweed rolling down the aisles…let’s not use the House of Commons chamber to poke fun at marginalised groups or some sort of school debating society, we should be setting ourselves higher standards.” Discussing Sunak’s comments, she said: “I just think we need to be better than that, we really do.” READ MORE: Activists condemn Rishi Sunak for mocking trans people in leaked video Anti-trans rhetoric is on the rise in the Conservative Party, with its chair, Lee Anderson, in February claiming that the next general election should be fought on a “mix of culture wars and trans debate”.
