Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain. • You won’t know James Bevan, but you should know what he did to this country• Boris Johnson wrecked Britain. But this man left even deeper scars• The hardcore socialist whose ruinous idea is why Liz Truss became PM• Martin Lewis: the money-saving expert… who accidentally cost Britons billions• The American woman who ripped the heart out of Cadbury• The shadowy maverick who pulled Labour’s strings… and sunk Starmer• Steven Bartlett: the glorified PR man quietly making Britain worse

Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain.

• You won’t know James Bevan, but you should know what he did to this country• Boris Johnson wrecked Britain. But this man left even deeper scars• The hardcore socialist whose ruinous idea is why Liz Truss became PM• Martin Lewis: the money-saving expert… who accidentally cost Britons billions• The American woman who ripped the heart out of Cadbury• The shadowy maverick who pulled Labour’s strings… and sunk Starmer• Steven Bartlett: the glorified PR man quietly making Britain worse

It is safe to say that Mary Whitehouse would be disgusted with modern Britain. In the 25 years since the death of the self-appointed guardian of public morality and campaigner against filth and sin, almost every battle she fought has been comprehensively lost. If her deeply conservative, religious views seemed outdated in the 1960s, they now appear positively historic, even bigoted.

The mucky mags and dirty videos she fought against have given way to the endless pornography of the internet. Gay rights, for her an abomination, are not just accepted but welcomed, with three-quarters of people supporting gay marriage. Sex toys, which she once implored Margaret Thatcher to ban, can be purchased at the supermarket. Her........

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