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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! 12:12 - Dec 1 with 487 views

I already thought she was an odious woman who would sell her own mother for a couple of political points. But her attack on Rachel Reeves when Starmer spoke to her: "Is he mansplaining to you by the way? Is he mansplaining? Do you want help? Would you like some help?" I just found deplorable on so many levels.

If a man had spoken to Reeves like that he'd have been destroyed for it, and probably forced to resign, but a woman doing it to a woman is seen as acceptable by some (I've even seen some online describing it as her best speech yet!)

She then had the nerve to say, "If she had any decency she would resign." In that exchange (and there's plenty more, but the mansplaining bit stood out for me) Badenoch showed she's the one who has no decency.

I know there's a fair bit of banter in the House, but that went beyond the pale for me, and was designed to appeal to a certain unpleasant demographic. It doesn't make her look strong, as she no doubt feels. It makes her look pathetic, rude and just horrible. And it does absolutely nothing for women, equality etc. Criticise the budget if you want (let's be honest, she was going to criticise whatever it was) but that was shameful and utterly unnecessary.

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:34 - Dec 1 with 396 views

NedPlimpton

I would imagine she'll go down as one of the least memorable leaders of the opposition in recent times. Certainly since Michael Howard

Barring a miracle (or a change of leadership) she's literally just waiting for her party to be practically wiped out

I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:35 - Dec 1 with 396 views

J2BLUE

I don't disagree but I thought the mansplaining excuse from Reeves was pathetic in the first place. Just completely incompetent and doing her very best to deflect the blame.

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:41 - Dec 1 with 373 views

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:35 - Dec 1 by J2BLUE
I don't disagree but I thought the mansplaining excuse from Reeves was pathetic in the first place. Just completely incompetent and doing her very best to deflect the blame.

And it's ok for Reeves to mock Polanski

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:44 - Dec 1 with 358 views

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:35 - Dec 1 by J2BLUE
I don't disagree but I thought the mansplaining excuse from Reeves was pathetic in the first place. Just completely incompetent and doing her very best to deflect the blame.

It was but Badenoch has over done it now, she really needs to find some new material.

I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:57 - Dec 1 with 288 views

The_Flashing_Smile

I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:41 - Dec 1 by GlasgowBlue
And it's ok for Reeves to mock Polanski

The king of "don't use whatabouterry" uses whatabouterry. And they're not even remotely comparable. A very light-hearted dig based on the hypnotherapy story is nowhere near the same league as the nasty and equality-damaging mocking of a woman and her abilities as a woman, as Badenoch has done.

I'm pretty sure if a Labour MP had spoken to someone like that you'd be all over it and calling for them to resign.

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 13:05 - Dec 1 with 255 views

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:57 - Dec 1 by The_Flashing_Smile

It's not whataboutery. It is highlighting the hypocrisy of Reeves. I was answering J2, not addressing your op. Reeves has been doing the media rounds moaning about personal attacks. Her exact words on the Beeb yesterday : ""I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities" and yet she was quite happy to take the piss out of Polanski and his "making boobs bigger through hypnotherapy" claim.

But well done Dollers. You lasted a day off the div list after a month on it but you're as argumentative as ever and so one sided. You were having a go at people mocking Polanski over the same issue. Bye.

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 13:10 - Dec 1 with 220 views

The_Flashing_Smile

I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 13:05 - Dec 1 by GlasgowBlue

It's highlighting hypocrisy when you do it, but whataboutery when anyone else does.

Nope, what Badenoch said is still not comparable with any other lighthearted digs other politicians make.

And throwing barbs and then running away (by popping me on ignore in this instance) is classic Glassers. LOL, "as argumentative as ever" - let's remember why you were kicked off here last time; for exactly that. That's hypocrisy (or is it whatabouterry, I lose track?!?)

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I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 14:24 - Dec 1 with 39 views

Whos_blue

I might need my head read, but I think I despise Badenoch more than Farage! on 12:41 - Dec 1 by GlasgowBlue
And it's ok for Reeves to mock Polanski

I'm not so sure mate.

Compare Reeves' seemingly tongue in cheek response to Polanski vs Badenoch's response to Reeves, especially around the 30 second mark.

https://youtube.com/shorts/uJX2wWbBt4Y?si=eFoUGklCnTpMdz14

Not defending Reeves or Flash for that matter (he's very capable himself!), but I think the two responses are incomparable on this occasion.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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