Accusing the Tories of starting a culture war against minority identity groups and their supporters is rather like accusing Ukraine of starting a war against Russia. Or at least it would be had the Conservatives shown even a tenth of the pluck demonstrated by Ukrainians in seeking to repel their tormentors.
That didn’t stop the SNP’s new Westminster leader Stephen Flynn having a go at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. ‘This is the Conservative party seeking to stoke a culture war against some of the most marginalised people in society,’ claimed Flynn about the government’s blocking of Scotland’s radical new gender recognition legislation.
There are so many Tory MPs who cannot be trusted on this stuff that voting Conservative again would represent the triumph of hope over experience
For socially and culturally conservative voters, the problem is just the opposite: while few would accept the left-wing framing of any resistance to progressive fads as a belligerent culture war, millions would like to have a reliable ally when it comes to upholding long-established norms.
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