Note since writing this about 10 days ago, the home secretary was sacked (for a data security breach / leak), the prime minister resigned (failed to deliver on the proposed economic policy?), a new prime minister was appointed (the same person the Tory membership just rejected?) and then the home secretary was re-imstated in the role she was just sacked from for a security breach) ...
This morning, when this House of Commons speech popup on my instagram feed I was shocked
I'm not even sure what wokerati means, is it even a word?
But what was clear to me as Suella Braverman smacked the table to drill home her attack on vegetarians, was that this vitriol wasn't remotely funny nor good humoured, what I heard in her voice was fear.
Reviewing Suella Braverman's wikipage (details below), she was educated as Cambridge and Sorbonne (Paris), is a Barrister and has held an impressive number of highest offices in the land.
Putting aside the merits of vegetarian diets and/or eating less meat, personally I believe that given the standard western diet, eating significantly less meat is good for the health and the environment ie win-win. Furthermore, as one gets used to eating less meat, our taste buds adjust and personally I find fresh fruit and veggies delicious, better even than the traditional meat-rich diet I was brought up on.
However irrespective of my personal beliefs, Suella Braverman's attack on vegetarians would be totally unacceptable at any work place I've been in for the last couple of decades and seems almost form of hate speech to me. Her excessively angry and aggressive tone really shocked me.
It appears Suella Braverman is no longer Home Secretary, not sure if this was her final house House of Commons speech?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suella_Braverman
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