An example of the tremendously useful flexibility of new petite bourgeois cultural politics in this
The attorney general, Suella Braverman, has come under fire for calling a fellow female MP “emotional” after she questioned her support for the government’s bid to break international law.
The term, often considered a misogynistic trope in an exchange, drew sharp criticism from the shadow justice secretary and several in the legal profession.
What was the issue? A particularly offensive one:
Ellie Reeves, Labour MP for Lewisham West and Penge, had challenged the government’s bid to “disapply” some of the Brexit withdrawal agreement through the internal market bill currently being debated in parliament....Braverman hit back immediately, telling Reeves: “I prefer to take a less emotional approach than the honourable lady.”
Any retaliatory abuse was fully justified, obviously:
Braverman’s response to Reeves was branded “pathetic” by the shadow justice secretary, David Lammy, who said it served to “further undermine the office of the attorney general”.Just to make it clear to any readers less immersed in the zeitgerist, 'pathetic' is definitely NOT a misogynistic trope
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