[mpclark]

Well, from where I sit it looks like one formerly popular political party has seen what's coming up in its horoscope and has pinned its last hopes on turning these quality-of-life measures -- which it previously vociferously supported -- into a wedge issue by whipping up a frenzy around ThE wAr On DrIvErS!11!

[rsynnott]

Weird culture-war stuff (some of which it feels like they've more or less invented for the purpose) appears to be pretty much the entire Tory manifesto nowadays.