25-04-2024, 09:11 AM in response to #42936
Meerkat Wrote: You’re carrying on?!
How is it not offensive, and if it isn’t offensive why did she say it?
It’s a characteristic he can’t help, just like being black. And unlike being fat.
And it’s a characteristic that clearly concerns him, hence the silly trousers.
The Newsagents podcast made a point that Rayner's a little like Labour's Boris Johnson, in that she has an immunity from people taking what she says too seriously when it's derogatory.
I can't see Starmer, Reeves, Cooper or Lammy getting away with it in the same way TBH, but then they're all more senior and serious politicians.