Rishi Sunak launches attack on 'woke nonsense' in bid to overthrow failing leadership campaign

Rishi Sunak launches ferocious attack on "left- agitators on the wing" undermining British history and traditions, as he tries to prevent a likely defeat in the Tory leadership race.

The former chancellor entered the contest in claiming the country was 'enough with division', in what was seen as a promise to curb the culture wars of the Boris Johnson years

But, with Liz Truss poised to win the race for the n No. 10 according to Tory membership polls, Mr Sunak is changing course - with a pledge to root out the "woke nonsense" he blames on the Equal Work Act.

S 'speaking in West Sussex, he pledges ra also to protect the use of the words 'women' and 'mother', linking them to her promise to protect the greenbelt from housebuilding.

"What's the point of stopping the bulldozers in the greenbelt if left-wing agitators are allowed to bulldoze our history, our traditions and our core values?" Mr Sunak will ask.

"Whether it's tearing down statues of historical figures, replacing the school curriculum with anti-British propaganda, or rewriting the English language so we don't can't even use words like 'man' or 'woman' or 'mother' without being told we're offending someone?"

He'll pretend he has "no interest to wage a so-called culture war," arguing, "We are not the aggressors."

But Mr. Sunak would add, "We are determined to end the brainwashing , vandalism and accusation.

"The worst offender in this regard is the 2010 Equality Act, designed during the scorching days of the last Labor government.

"It has been a Trojan horse that allowed all sorts of woke nonsense to permeate public life."

The speech will echo the former chancellor's marked right-wing shift on other cultural issues , in an apparent attempt ente to appeal to Conservative members deciding the contest.

His hardline immigration plan would cap the number of refugees allowed into the UK and withhold foreign aid from poor countries that refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers.

Mr. Sunak also wants to double the number of deported foreign offenders and has undermined his rhetoric as a "fiscally responsible" candidate with a U-turn on removing VAT from energy bills.

He was also ridiculed for telling early parties that, despite Brexit, there is no need for a trade border between Britain and Northern Ireland.

Mr Sunak's new plan :

• Review the Equality Act 2010 and associated guidelines - to "ensure that 'mothers' and 'women' are not erased from public life"

• Reinforcing relationship counseling and sex education at school - t...