Why I joined the SDP, or: Why challenging ‘woke’ political correctness & identity politics is the new frontline in the culture war.

In a previous article published last November, I explained the reasons why I cancelled my membership of the Labour Party and how, for the first time in twenty years, identity politics had left me questioning who to vote for at a general election.

There was no way I would vote for the Liberal Democrats, and I couldn’t bring myself to vote for the Conservatives. In the end, I opted to vote Labour. A decision I made based solely on the party’s proposals for renationalisation of our utilities and railways, and progressive taxation as a means for reducing income inequality.

It was with a peg clasped firmly over my nose that I lent Labour my vote. Due in part to the party’s ongoing anti-Semitism crisis, and, although not an ardent Brexiteer myself, their betrayal of the Brexit referendum result. However, more so than anything else because of the party’s embrace of radical liberalism on social and cultural questions; particularly around race, gender, and sexuality, at the detriment of class-focused politics.

During the early stages of the election, I also discovered the Social Democratic Party (SDP) had experienced somewhat of a resurgence and were standing the highest number of…