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Wake up! The right is relying on culture wars to win at the ballot box Nesrine Malik

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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