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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Helen Pidd North of England editor

‘It’s not woke’: Braverman dig leaves bitter taste in Tory tofu capital

Workers preparing tofu at the Tofoo factory in Malton, North Yorkshire.
Workers preparing tofu at the Tofoo factory in Malton, North Yorkshire. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

Shortly before she quit as home secretary after a record-breaking 43-days, Suella Braverman stood up in the House of Commons and delivered what she clearly thought was a zingy dig at Just Stop Oil protesters who had closed the Dartford Crossing.

“I am afraid that it is the Labour party, the Lib Dems, the coalition of chaos, the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati and, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today,” she said on Tuesday.

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