The horror of what has happened is now widely recognised. The state, which should uphold child safety, instead engaged in a programme of mutilating children.
Voters can lean towards a lower limit and favour decriminalisation for the same reason they can favour higher spending and lower taxes. It is the duty of politicians to do better.
Simple commitments and pouring more money into a failing model will only compound the Health Service’s woes, and voters will punish such failure at the ballot box.
They bear all the hallmarks of irresponsible activism, intent on pushing the expansion of abortion at all costs regardless of the real-world impact.
In an ideal world, there would be informed consent, truly altruistic motives, acceptance of an imperfect child, and open communication. In reality, things are very – unacceptably – different.
According to YouGov, the Party commands a plurality of voters only among the over 70s. As far as voting intention is concerned, the Conservative Party is literally dying on its feet.
The NHS which has seen its productivity collapse, and is facing enormous cost pressures as the population ages, must surely be first in line for the application of the tools as they emerge.
Liz Truss has called the policy “profoundly unconservative”. What’s unconservative? Discuss. But what can certainly be said is that it’s illberal and, in this case, Party members line up with individual freedom against government coercion.
A remarkable amount has been achieved. Often against the odds and in the face of adversity. And certainly in circumstances far less benign than those faced by New Labour.
Voters believe four of the Government’s five key pledges are more likely to happen under Labour than the Conservatives. Meanwhile, 2019 Tory voters prioritise spending on public services over tax cuts,
Rushed policy generally can do just as much harm as cigarettes in the long run – and, sadly, seems almost as addictive to politicians as nicotine.
There’s thus far little evidence that the upcoming leadership contest will feature any sort of reckoning with the party’s woeful performance in government at Cardiff Bay.
The longer Number Ten fails to declare, the more cheerfully Labour will pile in – preparing to frame the Prime Minister as a bottler if he waits until after the Budget to rule out a May poll.
To make progress over the coming year, the Party needs to reach out to more voters and the danger is that fighting culture wars just puts people off.
Drakeford’s record gives British voters a preview of life under a Starmer government. But while it is our duty to call out Labour’s failures, criticism alone is not enough.