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Michael Tae Sweeney@mtsw.bsky.social |
I assume Brits are about as racist as people everywhere else, so I'm surprised more people aren't drawing a connection between "Tories have a non-white PM" and "Tory electoral coalition fractures as racists flee to Farange's party?"
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Adam Kotsko
@adamkotsko.bsky.social
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It's kind of like how you're not allowed to point out the obvious fact that Obama's sheer existence drove a large plurality of Americans mad.
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Franklin D. Roosefella
@roosefella.bsky.social
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I can think of a few more racist places they're probably well above average on the non-racism
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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Their problems started before Sunak, but while Liz Truss was white, she also appointed a black guy with an African-sounding name to be exchequer who was hideously unpopular!
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Birb at Arms
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The UK also had a panic about immigration from Poland in the past decade, so maybe skin color isn't the only consideration here.
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The Rt Hon Lady Kidman
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Sunak is a deeply unlikeable candidate for many many many reasons. Perhaps some people didn't vote for him due to his race but I think even in his deeply racist party that was not the reason for his ousting.
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Breakfast/Ramen 2024
@shawninstlouis.bsky.social
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Threw me off for a second, thought you there was a Falangista revival in the UK somehow
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falange...
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Central NJ Yimby
@princetonyimby.bsky.social
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An interesting feature of the modern UK Tory Party is that many of their most hardline members of parliament are not white. Notably Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch.
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TobinH
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he did seem to be mostly trying to appeal to the most racist/bigoted and white section of UK society... kinda setting himself up to be his own first hurdle there.
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Mel Deans #FBPE
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no his colour might have been important to some but most if us really didn't care.
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