▲ 33 ▼ Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by RubberDuck@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (2 children) To be fair, when would a Conservative leader ever appeal to someone who is "left-leaning"? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago the big society tories make some mealy mouthed "commitments" to recognising there is a problem, like Cameron. NB : I am not saying he did things well, I am saying he at least tried to pay lip service permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's plenty of conservative voters who are not raging racists. At least there used to be, since there isn't much space for them in the party anymore they've gone to the Lib Dems for the most part permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) The vast majority of voters for both main parties are not racist. I mean, Conservative members (who are generally more right-wing than the electorate) have literally just voted for a black woman as leader over a guy throwing all the red meat he possibly could at them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* Human nature is a lot more complicated than you think. Badenoch as a black woman, has managed to be both racist and misogynistic, while not seeing any issue with that. If a black woman can be racist then I guess the conservative electorate are okay with that. For now anyway, I still have my doubts about her long-term survival. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago the big society tories make some mealy mouthed "commitments" to recognising there is a problem, like Cameron. NB : I am not saying he did things well, I am saying he at least tried to pay lip service permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's plenty of conservative voters who are not raging racists. At least there used to be, since there isn't much space for them in the party anymore they've gone to the Lib Dems for the most part permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) The vast majority of voters for both main parties are not racist. I mean, Conservative members (who are generally more right-wing than the electorate) have literally just voted for a black woman as leader over a guy throwing all the red meat he possibly could at them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* Human nature is a lot more complicated than you think. Badenoch as a black woman, has managed to be both racist and misogynistic, while not seeing any issue with that. If a black woman can be racist then I guess the conservative electorate are okay with that. For now anyway, I still have my doubts about her long-term survival. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (2 children) The vast majority of voters for both main parties are not racist. I mean, Conservative members (who are generally more right-wing than the electorate) have literally just voted for a black woman as leader over a guy throwing all the red meat he possibly could at them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* Human nature is a lot more complicated than you think. Badenoch as a black woman, has managed to be both racist and misogynistic, while not seeing any issue with that. If a black woman can be racist then I guess the conservative electorate are okay with that. For now anyway, I still have my doubts about her long-term survival. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] futatorius@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago* Human nature is a lot more complicated than you think. Badenoch as a black woman, has managed to be both racist and misogynistic, while not seeing any issue with that. If a black woman can be racist then I guess the conservative electorate are okay with that. For now anyway, I still have my doubts about her long-term survival. permalink fedilink source parent