Minister for Llamas

His Majesty's Government last week announced Ashley Dalton as its new Health Minister, replacing sacked MP Andrew Gwynne, who, along with Oliver Ryan, the MP for Burnley, sent and received offensive messages on WhatsApp which has become a minor government scandal. Dalton, the Member for West Lancashire, is on record saying that people should be taken seriously if they identified as a llama, to which she added:

"And treat[ed] with respect and dignity."

She also trotted out the absurd slogan "trans women are women", regardless of biology, adding:

"I think people should be able to define their own gender and that society should be set up to support, not hinder that."

It seems to me that His Majesty’s new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention needs some mental healthcare of her own. Once upon a time, such views and the practice of pretending to be animals would have been deemed evidence of mental decay or God’s righteous judgement. Now it is increasingly mainstream, even spouted by Ministers of the Crown. Our national demise continues apace.

They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses. Daniel 4:25, NKJV

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