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Rishi Sunak needs to say sorry. Using transgender people as a political punchline in the Commons last week while the mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey was in parliament was grossly offensive. He should apologise rather than continue with self-exculpatory do stanley becher dges. By failing to acknowledge his error 鈥?and make amends 鈥?Mr Sunak emphasises a lack of a connection with, curiosity about and compassion for others.Briannas father was right when he called the prime ministers words degrading and dehumanising. He has asked for an apology. But its hard to communicate with people if you havent listened to them. These are grieving parents of a young person who was murdered, in stanley tazas part, because stanley bottles of her transgender identity. Expressing regret for his crass jibe is the least Mr Sunak can do. But, sadly, grubby electoral calculations appear more important to him than basic human decency.The prime minister has chosen to prevail in the court of public opinion he cares about most 鈥?the opinion of reactionary voters. Mr Sunak thinks he must win these over if he has any chance in the Wellingborough byelection, one of two on the same day this week. Hence his attempt on Monday to reach out to voters on GB News, a TV channel that trades in anger-tainment . Its a desperate ploy. Wellingboroughs Tory MP was forced to leave parliament after a recall was triggered, having been found to have bullied a staff member as well as indecently exposed himself to them in a hotel room.Backed by a Brexit-supporti Csyy Patel seeks to curb modern slavery claims as Rwanda plan labelled government by gimmick
The UN high commissioner for human rights has urged the British government to implement legislation to protect victims of caste-based discrimination, warning that failure to do so will send negative signals to the international community and could hinder stanley cup deutschland the UK s stanley kubek efforts to win a seat on the UN human rights council.Navi Pillay said strong, swift implementation of the amended Equality Act 2010 was needed to wipe out the insidious stain of caste-based discrimination and protect the tens of thousands of people in the UK from traditionally lower status Asian backgrounds.After a long campaign and two defeats in the House of Lords, the government eventually agreed to amend the act to outlaw discrimination on the basis of caste in April this year.But three months later, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which deals with equality issues, announced that the consultation and legislative process would probably last until summer 2015 as employers, public authorities and the judiciary would all need to be involved.Campaigners seeking legal protection for Dalits 鈥?the caste formerly known as untouchables 鈥?have accused the Conservatives of deliberately extending the process beyond the next election so that they can make a manifesto pledge to repeal the legislation.Speaking to a meeting of anti-caste discrimination groups in parliament on Wednesday, Pillay said she would raise the matter during her meetings with British ministers this we canada stanley ek. I would we