by Julian Mann, TCW
IT IS good news that the Conservative leadership in Parliament is now backing Jennifer Melle, the black Christian nurse suspended for misgendering a convicted paedophile who racially abused her. But orthodox Christians should be under no illusions that the Conservative Party can be relied on to tackle the neo-Marxist ideology that has captured the UK’s institutions.
Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho, Conservative MP for East Surrey, has pledged to write to the NHS Trust responsible for suspending Melle and to put pressure on Labour Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, over the scandal.
Having met Melle in Parliament in September ahead of the employment tribunal hearing she faces next year, Coutinho said: ‘The treatment she has suffered because of radical trans ideology beggars belief. Common sense must prevail, and this dedicated nurse must be allowed to return to work as soon as possible.’
But how determined is the Conservative Party to tackle the neo-Marxist ideology that has taken over the civil service, the NHS, the police, the legal and education systems and even big business? It is important to remember that the Melle scandal blew up in May 2024 when the Conservatives were still in power.
They were in power for 14 years. On their watch, Melle’s NHS employers refused to back her after she was racially abused by the transgender paedophile brought from a men’s prison for treatment on a male ward. Instead, the Trust investigated her for failing to respect his gender identity and later referred her to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). That is the culture that was allowed to fester under the Conservatives.
Transgenderism is certainly at the extreme end of neo-Marxist ideology. But it is entirely consistent with the left’s overall hostility towards the traditional Christian worldview which, until a socialist government ushered in the permissive society in the 1960s, underpinned Britain’s laws, customs and morals.