From ‘cease the boats’ to trans rights, so-called “tradition wars” points have had a big impact on the UK’s political debate. However might these points ever be put to mattress?
Subscribe right here:
Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Cunliffe and Freddie Hayward reply a listener’s query on whether or not a Labour authorities would put an finish to the tradition wars.
—
The New Statesman podcast is now on YouTube. Anoosh Chakelian and New Statesman colleagues together with political editor Andrew Marr talk about the newest in UK politics information, serving to you perceive the forces shaping British politics right now.
—
The New Statesman brings you unrivalled evaluation of of the newest UK and worldwide politics. On our YouTube channel you’ll discover perception on the highest information and international present affairs tales, in addition to insightful interviews with politicians, advisers and main political thinkers, that will help you perceive the political and financial forces shaping the world.
With common contributions from our writers together with Political Editor Andrew Marr and Anoosh Chakelian – host of the New Statesman podcast – we’ll allow you to perceive the world of politics and international affairs from Westminster to Washington and past.
Subscribe on YouTube:
Signal as much as Morning Name, the every day UK politics publication from the New Statesman:
Subscribe to the New Statesman from simply £1 per week:
source
Political discourse has become life or death .. we have been brought to breaking point financially so it is only sensible our topic is not around things prevalent to survival
These guys never heard of "stop the boats"?
So ‘culture wars’ haven’t left the discourse labour are just agreeing with them and not fighting them. I would like to add that these ‘culture wars’ are the rights of my community (as a queer woman) and many other rights. A culture war for me is is we should legal weed, or up the drinking age, if we should pay a tv licence, not the procreation of human rights, the respect and dignity to British citizens who who want to live their authentic identity.
I say this as a Tory voter, the Labour party are moving to the issues where voters care. The reality is that it's a tory strategy aimed at not getting swept past 100 seats. If they campaign on it in opposition they'd probably get a hung parliament as largest party, whereas if Labour engage the chances are they would after one parliament, they would be at best a minority government and at worst give the Tories a hard right majority.
They are all useless….. we need a complete change in our political system….
These are issues that the public are not interested in. There was no conceding, it just nonsense to start with.
you mean important issues are now being discussed
Scottish Government is,opening it up again.
Most voters don't care about culture of social issues, most just want to be able to put bread on the table.
People are bored of it
No mention of climate destruction.
Glad to hear this. Politicians shouldn't be engaging in culture wars and identity politics. It doesn't do anything for the country
I’m not sure I trust that they really have moved past these issues. I suspect they will keep quiet about them in an electoral campaign. And then reintroduce a lot of divisive policies and rhetoric if they win.
Simple reason: Labour want to win the election, and it turns out that their positions on these things are so far left that they have a far better chance of winning the election with things that only interest fringe extremists.
The cultures wars are essentially just a whole list of open goals to the Tories, and Labour can't afford to give them then.
Starmer's done a good job of shutting up the loonies.
Wasn’t it only last week the PM blithered on about trans people? I agree this crap doesn’t have the traction it once did amongst more moderate right wingers. But the current shower appear to think their longer term threat comes from the fashies, both inside and outside their party, and that’s why they’re still talking about this crap.
Uuuurgh not this guy
Wow in march 24 this now looks so dated!!!
Imagine, politics dominated by the fact that people are getting poorer. The one area Labour will continue to be hammered on is their support for the great green expropriation that the public is slowly waking up to.
The short and more accurate answer to this question is “No”.
What politicians have realised is that people (the electorate) can engage with culture war topics more readily than say fiscal or international policy …
So instead of debates about growth we discuss <insert hot topic here> 👀
Vote Labour👍🏼✌🏼️
Goodbye to the culture wars. The issues were not trivial, but the way it was fought by everyone was totally unproductive. Much better to quietly but firmly advocate for kindness and let the tories fall on their face if they want to try squeezing out a last few drops of hate-fueled clout.
If they win? If?
“Conceding the ground” – you mean, “unsuccessfully trying to change everything in radical ways and then agreeing not to any more”
Hate hidden with obtuse logic is the only thing conservative folk have left as protection from others progression.
Conservative means adverse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
It's not rocket science, Cupcakes.
Charities in our society now are but proof of a conservative vote.
Why do we still need our inherited indirect representation democracies now we all have direct communications for the first time?
Why were they used for the Brexit vote if now you don't want the uneducated voting?
What is a Patriot?
What is a fascist?
What's the difference?'
"Culture war" issues shouldn't concern high level politics. Ordinary people can have these cultural discussions but ordinary people can't build affordable housing or improve wages… Time to recentre politics around making actual change to living conditions rather than these stupid arguments that never amount to any meaningful change… it should be left out of politics.
Politicians have no business interfering in this kind of issue. We live in a free country and it’s none of their damn business who or what I identify as. GTFO of my life.
Culture war is a waste of time. We have enough rights for minorities.
Gays can marry. Trans sexuals are protected. Racism is illegal.
Any more takes rights from others.
Culture wars don't fix potholes or staff hospitals thats why the Tories love them they're nothing but a distraction from real issues hoovering up bandwidth
The reason a workaholic culture,we all need money money money money
Ask the victims
appalled that the new statesman repeated transphobic ideas in their latest podcast defending the culture war opinions of the tories and a few right wing evil Labour Party candidates.
The gender violent extremists…men….are illustrati g how self ID is really not a sane idea. Labour have to come down on the side of common sense and safety. They're not on the side of women. And women's rights activists are not violently threatening the violent abusive men who frankly need help.
Culture wars have no place within politics