Liz Truss says it’s ‘time to end’ questioning of British history and shut down ‘ludicrous debates’ on people’s preferred pronouns at Tory conference
by William Cole, Mailonline:
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has called Britain’s so-called culture wars to be cancelled by declaring that it is ‘time to end’ to shut down ‘ludicrous debates’ on pronouns.
Ms Truss, who is also the Government’s equalities minister, said the ‘constant self-questioning and introspection’ needed to cease.
In a speech to the Conservative Party spring conference in Blackpool on Saturday, Ms Truss said the UK’s response to the crisis in Ukraine should mean a restoration of pride in Britain’s values.
There have been recent calls to reassess the reputations of key British figures, including wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill, for views they held that are deemed incompatible with the modern day.
Road names and buildings have also undergone name changes due to links with slave traders.
During the debate on culture, trans rights have come to the fore, with heated public rows over the ability for people to self-identify as a gender different to the one they were born with, and people declaring their preferred pronouns in written interactions.
The Foreign Secretary told the conference: ‘Now is the time to end the culture of self-doubt, the constant self-questioning and introspection, the ludicrous debates about language, statues and pronouns.
Our history, warts and all, makes us what we are today.
‘We live in a great country, a great democracy and we should be proud of it.’
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