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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Tory fumes we're not having enough kids in rant at Marxist threat to 'children's souls'

Young people not having babies is the biggest threat western civilisation faces, a Tory MP claimed - with "cultural Marxism" to blame.

Miriam Cates told a right-wing gathering in central London that getting Britain reproducing again is "fundamental to our survival" as she claimed the education system is "destroying children's souls".

Ms Cates, a rising star on the Tory right, said would-be parents would not have offspring if they did not have "hope for the future" - and said children must be taught to "love our country".

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