It's hardly surprising. The Conservative party are engaged in a 'culture war' against woke politics and in favour of populism. Much like Trump.
In so far as a culture war exists (and I don't think anything so simplistic is occuring outside of America) it's between everyone who supports rationalist, plural democracy and a small, but influential, cadre of totalitarian nutbars.
I am on the same side about the benefits of democracy as Thatcher, Bush and Enoch Powell even if I disagree with them about every other issue.
There are worse monsters than BJ lurking out there. The Robespierres, Stalins and Owen Jones' of the world are not confined to history.