{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/f5ef4d7c-1ca4-4c5e-98d6-c4ff11971d6a/46fee07d-66f5-41e5-bc63-d9fbd7be4c25?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is The Tory Culture War Backfiring In Its Traditional Heartlands?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9fed21a8cbefa353cf074/61b9ff139d21480013627212.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Boris Johnson this week delayed so-called “freedom day” from Covid restrictions in a bid to get more vaccines into more arms and protect the NHS.</p><p><br></p><p>But the prime minister has angered many Tory MPs, who simply do not believe he will stick to the new “terminus” of July 19th.</p><p><br></p><p>Lib Dem health spokesperson Munira Wilson joins Arj Singh and Paul Waugh to discuss why her party abstained on extending restrictions, and also why the Tories’ so-called culture war was losing them votes in their traditional southern seats.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Make sense of politics. Sign up to the </em><a href=\"https://news.huffingtonpost.com/h/t/1925256938B41841\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Waugh Zone</em></a><em> and get the political day in a nutshell every weekday evening.&nbsp;</em></p>","author_name":"HuffPost UK"}