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Free speech laws need to be reviewed after Linehan arrest, says Streeting (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 day ago by NickwithaC@lemmy.world to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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No surprises that Wes Streeting, who took away trans people's right to healthcare, is siding with the guy who says of trans women "punch him in the balls" if one dares use the toilet with a W on the door. I'm not even trans and I can see straight through this twat. He really needs to take his history degree and get out of the health secretary role.

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[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never know much about political figures so I did a quick search and thought I'd share a summary here. Any corrections or comments welcome (I put this together myself based on a couple of articles so I may well have missed stuff)

Born in 1983, Streeting grew up in a council flat in Stepney, east London, before reading History at Selwyn College, Cambridge University
funded his way through university by doing shifts in the customer service department at Comet.
became President of Cambridge University Students’ Union, and then President of the National Union of Students from 2008 to 2010
under his presidency, the NUS - previously considered left wing - took a turn to the right, notably changing stance to accept the principle of paid-for higher education
Streeting then became Director of Education for the LGBT group Stonewall (he is himself openly gay)
became a councillor for the London Borough of Redbridge in 2010, becoming Vice President after the Labour victory there in the local elections of 2014
first elected to parliament as the Labour MP for Ilford North in 2015, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 5,198
appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2021
fierce critic of the NHS strike of 2022, promising that Labour would oppose the unions
An effective media performer, Streeting is seen as a rising figure on the centre right of the Labour party. Seen as politically ambitious, Streeting is often touted as a future labour leader.
in 2024 he made it illegal for puberty blockers to be prescribed to minors

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Turns out you can be from an impoverished background, part of a minority with a strong history of persecution in your own country, and still come out of the Oxbridge pipeline as an anti-union, downward-punching bellend.