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Leaked video appears to show Rishi Sunak mocking trans people
Leaked video obtained by Pink News appears to show Rishi Sunak making fun of trans women.
According to the LGBT+ news outlet, the footage is from the prime minister's speech at a party with the 1922 Committee on 5 June 2023.
Addressing Tory MPs, Mr Sunak appeared to make transphobic jokes about “women having penises” and mocked Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey for his support of the queer community.
"I’m a big fan of everybody studying maths to 18, but it turns out that we need to focus on biology" he appears to say, to laughter from the crowd.
A spokesperson for the PM told the Independent: “You’ve heard the Prime Minister talk about his enormous compassion and understanding for people questioning their identity and that they should be treated with dignity and respect. On this specific issue, these are points he’s made in interviews publicly, with Piers Morgan, with ConservativeHome. Obviously, I can’t get into the political aspects of that, but he’s made the same broader point in interviews.”
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