‘Theresa May did a s*** job’: Kathy Burke says ex-PM should not be praised for being a woman
The actor and comedian also discussed the current political landscape, and who she would likely vote for in an election
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Kathy Burke has called it “crap” that people think Theresa May deserved praised for being a female Prime Minister.
Speaking to The Guardian, the actor and comedian said “if we want equality, we shouldn’t then expect to be praised just because we’re doing a certain job. That’s not equality. Equality is acknowledging that she did a s*** job.”
While promoting her new Channel 4 documentary series on beauty, Kathy Burke’s All Woman, Burke also expressed unease with the current political climate.
Asked who she would theoretically vote for, Burke said: “I’d probably go Green because I am really worried about climate change and the planet. I’ve been a Labour voter all my life… But I don’t know how I feel about things at the moment, quite honestly.”
She continued, in relation to gentrification and the economy, “The whole thing is a terrible mess. I really feel for young people, I don’t know what they’re going to do. Especially living in London, they can’t afford a place to live and they won’t be able to afford to eat soon. Look at Hoxton [in east London]. Hoxton was a s***-hole, and now it costs a fortune to live in someone’s bin shed.”
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