Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister
“We had Nick Timothy, who said some appalling things about Muslim prayer.“Apparently I’m calling him names when I say that’s racist. “If you don’t have that, then everything falls away.”Phillipson’s criticisms of other parties in part reflect her second role as party chair, which involves coordinating attack lines against Labour’s opposition. But it is also a sign of the personal animosity between her and senior Tory politicians, including the opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch.Badenoch has accused Phillipson, who raised taxes on private school fees as education secretary, of being a “spiteful class warrior”.
- ▪“We had Nick Timothy, who said some appalling things about Muslim prayer.“Apparently I’m calling him names when I say that’s racist.
- ▪“If you don’t have that, then everything falls away.”Phillipson’s criticisms of other parties in part reflect her second role as party chair, which involves coordinating attack lines against Labour’s opposition.
- ▪But it is also a sign of the personal animosity between her and senior Tory politicians, including the opposition leader, Kemi Badenoch.Badenoch has accused Phillipson, who raised taxes on private school fees as education secretary, of bein
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32:10UK minister criticises misogynistic social media culture | Politics WeeklyBridget PhillipsonRacism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities ministerExclusive: Bridget Phillipson says politicians have helped fuel hatred and that police are not taking violence against women and girls seriously enough UK politics live – latest updates Kiran Stacey Policy editorThu 20 Aug 2026 10.00 EDTLast modified on Thu 20 Aug 2026 10.07 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleRacism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, the equalities minister has said, as she warned that young men were being sucked into violent misogyny by the “cesspit” of social media.Bridget Phillipson said she was increasingly worried about how commonplace misogyny and racism had become, fuelled by…
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