It seems to me that opinions that would have marked you out as an enlightened liberal 30 years ago - indeed, 10 years ago - are now being castigated as unacceptable, even & #39;far right& #39;. This is absolutely bonkers

E.g. my parents when I was a kid thought of themselves (rightly) as enlightened. I remember them hammering it into me that & #39;skin colour doesn& #39;t matter, ignore it, treat black people exactly the same as anyone else& #39;. This would now be attacked as & #39;colourblind racism& #39;

They were scrupulously tolerant about homosexuality, with the same message: & #39;don& #39;t stare at the men holding hands, they& #39;re just the same as anyone else except they love different people, just treat them like anyone else& #39;. But the idea you can declare yourself a different sex...

Their view was: we& #39;re on the Left because working people get shat on & must combine to protect their interests, people& #39;s race or sexuality is their own business & ultimately unimportant, just treat people on their merits & don& #39;t be prejudiced towards those who are different

I think of this as the Left& #39;s & #39;Good Old Cause& #39;. It& #39;s gone from the standard view of most of the Left to being seen as dangerous almost overnight. It& #39;s more accurately referred to as the good and very dead cause. I despair