Chafing Truss

Three years ago the Conservatives made some noises about banning gay conversion therapy; but then they discovered there was a culture war to be fought. In the wake of the Government's increasingly obvious yearning for the good old days of sodomy laws and Section 28, one member of the Government's LGBT+ advisory panel has finally taken the hint and walked away, even though the seriousness with which the National Haystack takes human rights blazes forth in his appointment as equalities minister of Liz Truss, who is barely equal to chewing gum while someone else does the walking for her. It is certainly encouraging that, while there are no longer any penalties for lying and corruption in public office, Her Majesty's Government remains committed to the great British tradition of constructive dismissal via bigotry.