Theresa May has revealed that she has Type 1 diabetes.
Is she perhaps the first female Cabinet Minister who has a disability? (diabetes is a disability within the definition of the 2010 Equality Act).
Her opponents such as Keith Vaz (who tweeted: "A bit worried about Home Secretary she is looking a bit thin these days. A new diet or pressure of work?") need to be careful they do not break the law by using the Home Secretary's disability as a reason to hound her out of her job.
Many people throughout the United Kingdom are forced out of their jobs because they admit they have diabetes - forced out of their jobs by people using exactly the same kind of false concern that Keith Vaz has used.
It is all the more ironic that Keith Vaz has diabetes himself and has no doubt have received the same medical advice to lose weight.
Is she perhaps the first female Cabinet Minister who has a disability? (diabetes is a disability within the definition of the 2010 Equality Act).
Her opponents such as Keith Vaz (who tweeted: "A bit worried about Home Secretary she is looking a bit thin these days. A new diet or pressure of work?") need to be careful they do not break the law by using the Home Secretary's disability as a reason to hound her out of her job.
Many people throughout the United Kingdom are forced out of their jobs because they admit they have diabetes - forced out of their jobs by people using exactly the same kind of false concern that Keith Vaz has used.
It is all the more ironic that Keith Vaz has diabetes himself and has no doubt have received the same medical advice to lose weight.
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