Wake up! The right is relying on culture wars to win at the ballot box Nesrine Malik
Feb 25, 2022
3 minutes
Illustration Matt Kenyon
There are two lines of attack in the culture wars. The first is slow, steady and discreet, marching by stealth through Britain’s institutions. The second is a brazen, loud artillery attack armed with cliches and buzzwords that are fired across the media. A recent speech by the Conservative party chair is an example of the latter. Addressing the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Oliver Dowden dished up a word salad into which he
lazily and dispassionately (repeating this stuff really must get very boring)
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