Decent chance it also splits off a meaningful proportion of the Labour ethnic minority vote; we saw in Birmingham a few years back just how badly these issues play out with them. (View Post)

Honestly, the Tories could explicitly say they want to make transitioning much more difficult than currently, and it would lose them maybe a tiny handful of votes. Might even be be a net positive (wh… (View Post)

It must look super weird from your perspective. The right keep bringing up something that they don't want changed, despite the left never mentioning it. (View Post)

Can only make it a wedge issue if their side has a clear position, and the other side doesn't. Which is what is happening. It doesn't mean the right started this, though: Labour's official policy is … (View Post)

Yep. By the way, this sort of thing is why people like me say they could only ever vote conservative - because, no matter how awful the Tories look, and no matter how reasonable and competent the Lab… (View Post)