In a passionate speech at an LGBT award show, Doctor Who actor David Tennant expressed anger towards British Nigerian heritage equalities minister Kemi Badenoch for holding traditional values. He wished that she didn’t exist anymore and called on others to join him in calling for her removal from public office.
Badenoch has emerged as a prominent critic of far-left gender ideology, which has gained traction in schools and single-sex spaces such as bathrooms. She has been the target of attacks by those who hold more liberal views, with some accusing her of being a traitor to her race for holding conservative beliefs.
Tennant was given an award for being a prominent ally of the so-called transgender “community” at the British LGBT Awards, which he largely attributed to being “educated” on empathy by his wife and saying that “pride is very important” in his household. He described it as a “family affair.
However, this deep empathy that he claims to possess apparently does not extend to those with differing political views. In the speech, Tennant expressed ire towards Badenoch for her efforts to protect traditional values and single-sex spaces.
If I’m honest, I’m a little depressed by the fact that acknowledging that everyone has the right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it as long as they’re not hurting anyone else should merit any kind of special award or special mention, because it’s common sense, isn’t it?” Tennant said. It is human decency. We shouldn’t live in a world where that is worth remarking on.
Badenoch responded to Tennant: “I will not shut up. I will not be silenced by men who prioritise applause from Stonewall over the safety of women and girls. A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end. Tennant is one of Labour’s celebrity supporters. This is an early example of what life will be like if they win.
In a statement, Badenoch said: “It is wrong to accuse those who argue for a different approach as being ‘racism deniers’ or ‘race traitors. It is even more irresponsible – dangerously so – to call ethnic minority people racial slurs like ‘Uncle Toms’, ‘Coconuts’, ‘House slaves or House Negroes’ for daring to think differently.
Such deplorable tactics are designed to intimidate ethnic minority people from their right to express legitimate views.