Sorry dont have share token! www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-the-tories-weaponised-woke-jlmwh0p36
Says amongst other things, eg taking the knee, that campaign strategy to appeal to Red Wall new tory voters (who they see as personal conservative, all for Queen and Country and object to trendy left over reaction to issues) was to oppose self identification for trans people and that Boris actually thinks this is "unkind".
I'm really only posting for two reasons.
One if this is true is this what the Times thinks and that their coverage of trans issues will get more new Tory Red Wall voters?!
And two on an earlier thread (last year) when it seemed likely the Govrenment would reject self id, that I speculated that this didn't mean they were committed to women's rights and we should be careful. (The article implies that this decision was pushed through by Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch)
I always take article that claim to have the inside knowledge of what is going on in Government with a pinch of salt, as this article may be as much about the author saying you all though Cummings was the one pulling the strings, I can exclusively reveal it is Dougie Smith.
Lots of tittle tattle, but it does maybe explain why the Tories seem to think repeating bland sound bites is a vote winner.
(And how Clare Fox - allegedly - got her peerage!)