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It is genuinely hard to see how some of the @Conservatives defending things coming out of #cpc21 can claim to have any semblance of a commitment to "conservativism". Funnily enough, this isn't a "get" at Conservatives though. Some of the biggest issues are apolitical. 1/
When you see the language and attacks from likes of Raab and Patel though, and the cheers which they received, you have to wonder what happened to some of the old school, small state, individual liberties, Conservatives. 2/
I grew up in a household of them. My mum used to collect Margaret Thatcher memorabilia. Pretty much my first memories are of sitting watching her in Council Meetings, where she was a Conservative Councillor. Before she died she was about to run for Parliament. 3/
Justice Minister Victoria Atkins says the government wants to target the perpetrators of "so-called banter" against young women and girls in the street #cpc2021 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politiā¦
Ms Atkins told the Conservative conference that she wanted to eradicate "disgusting" behaviour and attitudes within 10 years.
She said: "Targeting perpetrators, some of the banter, the so-called banter that our young women and girls have to put up with in the street is disgusting and we want to target that sort of behaviour..."
