I had a meeting with my MP (this was during the build-up to the election).
He told me and several others (point blank) that they needed a complete ban as ‘The Sun’ newspaper was calling for one and they needed that papers support in the upcoming election.
This was never about public safety, it was about winning an election. It was political from the outset. We will never know the full story, the full report was sealed for about 100 years if I recall.
Tories are a “slow down” party rather than a rightist party - hence why they are all pro-gay now but think being pro-trans is going too far (for now). They kind of remind me of the Republican Party in New York when I was a kid - conservative on “law and order” and slightly better on taxes but otherwise slower pace Dems.
[He told me and several others (point blank) that they needed a complete ban as ‘The Sun’ newspaper was calling for one and they needed that papers support in the upcoming election. ]