Tag: race
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NB Sent by phone. I will add links later. The nowtrage over Diane Abbott’s twitter comment that “White people love playing ‘divide & rule’” has been entirely predictable and lamentable, with people on both sides guilty of exaggerating their positions to the point of absurdity. I’m not remotely offended by Abbott’s comment; it is simply…
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Back in September last year, I wrote about Chippenham Tory candidate Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and specifically about his claim that the Lib Dems’ criticism of him not being local had racist undertones (declaration: his rival Duncan Hames is a friend of mine). I suggested that this was a case of the Tories getting their excuses in…
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Here’s the thing. I like the simplicity of school vouchers, they appeal to my sense that policy is at its best when it is simple. Events over recent weeks have got me thinking about how we sort out the mess that is school admissions, and they seem to have a lot going for them. However,…
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Writing this post later than I would have liked, I’m surprised that there has been so little commentary today about the launch today of the New Generation Network, founded by Pickled Politics‘ Sunny Hundal. I think Sunny has hit on something here, something not all that dissimilar to my own contributions on the subject recently.…
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Trevor Phillips was confidently telling Sunday Times readers this weekend that Muslims will be rioting in the streets as a direct result of politicians saying beastly things about veils. The thing is though, Phillips seems to have been predicting race riots about pretty much everything, from Polish plumbers to the 7/7 attacks, for the past…