Is The Tory Culture War Backfiring In Its Traditional Heartlands?

Boris Johnson this week delayed so-called “freedom day” from Covid restrictions in a bid to get more vaccines into more arms and protect the NHS.

But the prime minister has angered many Tory MPs, who simply do not believe he will stick to the new “terminus” of July 19th.

Lib Dem health spokesperson Munira Wilson joins Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss why her party abstained on extending restrictions, and also why the Tories’ so-called culture war was losing them votes in their traditional southern seats.

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