Juno Dawson, a number one Sunday Times bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction books for young adults, took to Instagram to express her criticism of the UK’s Conservative government’s focus on trans ideology and stopping asylum seekers from arriving in Britain via small boats. Dawson shared a grid post that contained the text, “tRanS IdEOloGy and SMalL bOatS are the last desperate, pained cries of a dying government. don’t fall for their propaganda.” The image was captioned with the words: “Don’t fall for it. They’re playing you.”
Dawson believes that after almost 15 years of Conservative government, they have no one else to blame but themselves for the state of the United Kingdom. She thinks that their only option is to weaponize fringe issues such as sex education in schools, trans rights, or asylum seekers. These things do not impact the vast majority of voters in the UK whatsoever. According to Dawson, the Tories insult the intelligence of voters and the country is ready for credible leadership and a government that will focus on healing an artificially divided nation.
Danny Beard, Drag Race UK season four winner, commented on Dawson’s post with three raised hands emojis. The news agenda of the past few days has been dominated by the BBC row over a tweet by Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, criticizing the government’s controversial and widely-condemned new asylum policy which aims to “stop small boats.”
The Conservative Party has been in government since 2010. The UK is the only major industrialized country in the G7 predicted to see its economy shrink in 2023, and is currently experiencing a “cost of living” crisis, with households facing the biggest fall in living standards since records began.
Juno Dawson’s latest novel, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, is out now.