The Conservatives might nominally form the Government, but amid all the injunctions to celebrate diversity, it often feels as if our country is ruled by a Ken Livingstone tribute act, writes Leo McKinstry.
The woke agenda continues to tighten its grip on British public life. At times, it feels as if our civic institutions have been taken over by a deranged cult bent on the obliteration of freedom, tradition and even reason.
We live in a culture where the former Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd, a trailblazer for women s rights, can be hounded in her 90s for her non-attendance at a Parliamentary sexual harassment training course, and where a Birmingham primary headteacher bans the term hello boys and girls in case it offends transgender sensitivities among pupils.
Few public figures have embraced the radical cause with more enthusiasm than Sadiq Khan, who is likely to be confirmed as London s Mayor for a second term tomorrow.