Kemi’s profile went up recently when she went before the Women and Equalities Committee and stood up for truth. A member of that committee, Labour MP Kate Osborne, accused Kemi of using “inflammatory language that likens children and young people coming out as trans to the spread of a disease.” Kemi stated that she was lying and that she had never said such a thing. She pointed out how wrong it was to make statements at a select committee that are untrue. The MP floundered when Kemi asked her to evidence the use of that language, when and where and could not provide any such evidence yet she was prepared to put another woman into the direction of vitriol by members of the public that we know get very heightened by these debates.
Kemi said:
“What she said is not true. We must use facts in this room, we can’t just make stuff up.
Kemi was at that point accused of using “unparliamentary language.”
For years now truth has become more difficult to grasp and politicians have been unclear. The left, in particular, has created a toxic environment in which to discuss controversial issues like those around transgender so that most politicians feel unable to speak what they actually believe in fear of the backlash. The UK remains a tolerant country which is always trying to improve itself but the key to moving forward is to ensure honesty and accountability. Lying and misleading and jumping onto throw away comments is dangerous. I will be like Kemi in that I will be direct and honest whether that is considered “parliamentary” or not.
