Theresa May admits to being ‘woke’ as ex-PM slams ‘polarisation’ in politics
Former prime minister Theresa May has declared her wokedom on TV and known as for calm round gender points.
Speaking on Times Radio, MP Theresa May additionally mentioned that she is professional immigration regardless of overseeing the ‘hostile environment’ marketing campaign in opposition to unlawful immigrants.
Mrs May, who was pressured to give up after failing to agree a workable Brexit deal, made the statements in an interview with host Ruth Davidson to advertise her new e book, The Abuse of Power.
Ms Davidson requested if Mrs May thought of herself ”fortunately a woke girl”, reports The Daily Mail.
She replied: “In the phrases of that definition of anyone who recognises that discrimination takes place.
“Sadly, that time period has come for use…as a part of this absolutism and polarisation of politics.’
Pushed extra on the subject of if she was woke she added: “I’m, yeah! It’s a bit like being requested within the previous days, was I a feminist? Well, I wore a T-shirt which mentioned ”This is what a feminist seems like…”’
Mrs May was additionally requested her views about immigration.
She mentioned: “I’ve all the time mentioned that immigration has been good for the nation.
“I feel the priority that individuals have is all the time round numbers and infrequently, truly, the individuals who really feel most about this situation are individuals who see least migration in their very own communities.”
As Home Secretary under David Cameron Mrs May oversaw the ‘hostile environment’ campaign against illegal immigrants.
She was also prime minister when the Windrush Scandal broke, in which Britons were deported to the Commonwealth countries of their parents’ birth.
Mrs May recently insisted her Brexit agreement was “higher” than the one Boris Johnson struck with the EU.
And she said that Mr Johnson had negotiated a “unhealthy deal”.
She told LBC’s Tonight With Andrew Marr: “It was a nasty deal, I feel as we noticed from all the issues we had on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
“And Rishi Sunak got here in and naturally agreed the Windsor Framework, which has eased that state of affairs and in some ways resolves these points.