The Guardian gets a name check and a London Assembly member is kicked out for hecking Suella Braverman
Conservative conference 2023I’ve mentioned the F word, family, and now to ensure I get coverage in the Guardian I’m going to mention the M word, marriage.
Miriam Cates, a rising star on the social conservative wing of the Tory party, bringing a smile to the faces of the party faithful at a fringe event in Manchester’s Midlands hotel hosted by the Legatum Institute.Accusing her of making the Conservative party look transphobic and homophobic, he told reporters that the home secretary was talking “trash” about “gender ideology”.secretary was basically vilifying gay people and trans people by this attack on LGBT ideology, or gender ideology.
The intervention refocused attention on Braverman’s controversial speech last month to a rightwing US thinktank, in which she said that fearing persecution over being gay or a woman is not enough to claim asylum. After drawing criticism previously from fellow MPs after claiming that multiculturalism had failed, Braverman sought to play down the row, telling the BBC that her comments had been mischaracterised.
Henri Murison of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, an organisation representing business and civic leaders across the north of England, said he “didn’t know what the prime minister is playing at”.on Monday brought an unwelcome reminder for Tory strategists of last year’s shambolic conference, another former party leader loomed over the conference on Tuesday.
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