Margaret Thatcher 'totally on board' with National Conservatism conference

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8. And now my local MP is the "rising star of the right" apparently

I must admit that I did guffaw when I saw Bill Cash referring to her as being "diligent" as Miriam Cates has got a reputation in Penistone and Stocksbridge as being the exact opposite! Especially when it comes to constituency matters. And I found the bit about the school run quite odd as it's an open secret round these parts that the other mums on the school run have ostracized Miriam Cates.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/18/miriam-cates-the-new-tory-darling-and-rising-star-of-the-right?CMP=share_btn_tw

Cates, who is a former biology teacher, garnered interest and outrage for her opposition to extending rights to transgender people on the basis of self-identity, and backing moves to end a Covid-era law that allowed abortions pills to be sent to people at home.

Her work with the Common Sense Group, and co-founding the New Social Covenant Unit to promote family-friendly policies, have seen some label Cates an unashamed culture warrior.

As one of the “red wall” of northern Tories likely to be jittery about keeping their job at the next election given current polling, Cates is only likely to press harder for the Conservative party to embrace a socially conservative agenda in an attempt to save her seat.

But in doing so, she will alienate those colleagues already uncomfortable with her arguments. A senior Tory warned: “We don’t represent the values of modern people if we carry on down that route.”