PM ought to apologise for his comment about transgender individuals, say Mirror readers
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak remains to be but to express regret to the household of murdered trans teen Brianna Ghey, after making a crass comment within the Commons final week.
Sunak made the jibe at Labour chief Keir Starmer over his stance on ‘defining a girl’ whereas Brianna’s mom Esther was in Parliament.
The teenager’s livid father, Peter Spooner, later stated the PM’s phrases have been ‘degrading’ and ‘completely dehumanising’, whereas Mr Starmer stated Rishilacked the ‘braveness’ to express regret. But to date Mr Sunak has refused to budge, doubling down on the feedback and saying it was ‘the worst of politics’ to hyperlink them to the trans teenager’s case.
In our ballot Should the PM apologise for his comment about transgender individuals, 1,602 of you voted sure, he ought to apologise, whereas 930 voted no – an apology was not essential.
Mr Starmer stated Rishi Sunak had damaged the primary rule of being Prime Minister – “to make every single citizen feel safe and respected in their own country.”
He stated: “I think the core to my politics is respect and dignity for every single individual. It really matters to me whether people are treated properly, whether they are properly respected, and whether their dignity is preserved. That’s hardwired in me.”
He went on: “I just instantly thought of the impact on her, and the lack of respect was incredible in my view.
“I do assume that the position of Prime Minister is to ensure that each single citizen, no matter their identification, their race, their background, their views, each single citizen of this nation ought to really feel protected and revered in their very own nation. And he broke that rule. And I used to be shocked. This is a mom whose daughter was murdered. And within the sentencing remarks amongst the motives, was transphobia. Obviously, it wasn’t the one motive. But the human influence of that kind of behaviour is large.”
‘A Tory doesn’t know the real meaning of the word sorry’
Our story attracted plenty of comments, here is just a selection of what some of you had to say:
Philip1960: “It was a grossly crass factor to say … It’s the context of what he stated, utilizing minorities as a political weapon! He additionally knew Ms Ghey was within the constructing, however he nonetheless went forward and made a crass joke. Not solely that he laughed at it! What particular person does that in such a state of affairs?”
Reddest: “You’ll by no means get Sunak saying sorry. A Tory does not know the true that means of the phrase.”
Lettiejp: “Sunak does not care who he upsets.”
Classwarrior: “Sunak was merely stating that Starmer could not make his thoughts up.”
Ranza1: “Starmer is grabbing at straws.”
Sirtommurphy: “Sunak has nothing to apologise for and Starmer deserves an Oscar for his two-faced statements.”
Dave55: “Sunak’s within the fallacious right here”.
Justiceofthetruth: “Starmer is true to ask for Sunak to apologise for what he stated”.
