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6 BAME cabinet ministers? wow! let’s talk about how that means fuck all: https://twitter.com/blue_beyond_/status/1295679389850644480
- the tories enforced the Hostile Environment policy, despite claims from within the party that it would just cause further hostility towards anyone who was “foreign looking.” https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/resources/hostile_environment_briefing_feb_2018.pdf
- current prime minister Boris Johnson depicts Barack Obama as an “uppity Kenyan.”
- current prime minister boris johnson calls muslim women “letterboxes.”
- current prime minister boris johnson calls black africans “piccaninnies” with “watermelon smiles.”
- current prime minister boris johnson writes that “Islamophobia is natural.”
- current prime minister boris johnson writes that the problem with africa “is not that we were once in charge, but that we are not in charge anymore.”
- current prime minister boris johnson says “black people have a lower iq.”
- current prime minister boris johnson says that a “bunch of black kids” made him “turn a hair” and then went on to say - “if that is racial prejudice then i am guilty.”
- former prime minister theresa may disregards the windrush generation, and has the home office deport them; they were wrongly detained, denied legal rights, threatened with deportation and in some cases, deported.
no apology from theresa may, or the party.
no apology from theresa may, or the party.
- tory councillor robert fraser says “Romanians would stick a knife in you as soon as they look at you.”
he went on “diversity training” - but continued to stand for the tories.
he went on “diversity training” - but continued to stand for the tories.
- tory councillor smith benson complained that there were “too many p*kis” in his town.
council leader tony beckett refused to discipline him, and then tried turning it... on labour.
council leader tony beckett refused to discipline him, and then tried turning it... on labour.
- tory councillor bob frost called people involved in the 2011 riots “jungle bunnies.” he was suspended for 2 months, and then readmitted.
- he then calls middle eastern buyers of dover port as “sons of camel drivers.”
no action was taken.
- he then calls middle eastern buyers of dover port as “sons of camel drivers.”
no action was taken.
- tory councillor tom davey was accused of being not fit for office, after a facebook post came to light in which he suggested it might be easier to find a job if he were “a black female wheelchair-bound amputee who is sexually attracted to other women.”
no action was taken.
no action was taken.
- tory councillor thomas crockett (how tory is that name ahahaha) refers to young locals as “hitler youth.”
no action was taken.
no action was taken.
- tory councillor bob fahey referred to a fellow councillor as a “ch*nk.”
no action was taken.
no action was taken.
- tory councillor craig whittaker claimed BAME people, especially muslims, were not taking the pandemic seriously and were the ones breaking lockdown rules - no action was taken.
...ah yes, all those Muslims.
...ah yes, all those Muslims.
having six BAME cabinet ministers doesn’t mean ANYTHING when your party has repeatedly refused to condemn any racist comments or actions from your most powerful politicians.
having six BAME cabinet ministers doesn’t mean anything when your party has made it clear they have no time or care for the BAME population and enforcing discriminatory policies that harm and disadvantage ethnic minorities in this country.
it would even be a bit better if the 6 BAME ministers tried to do SOMETHING to progress the party, but instead you’ve got the child of two immigrants... trying to enforce stricter immigration laws?
anyway I’ve got things to do today and having tHe mOsT dIvErSe cAbiNet means absolutely nothing because your party is full of racist buffoons thank you goodbye
