Tim Bale, Politics Professor at Queen Mary University of London, suggested that prosecuting the “culture wars” could offer the Tories a short-term boost, helping them mobilise some activists and pull back some 2019 Labour-to-Tory switchers who have since drifted.However, he warned that if they travel in this direction long-term it could leave them “stranded a long way from the electorate”, which is becoming more socially liberal and multicultural with every passing year.
Financial Times, Daily Mail