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andyp

A government that made tangible progress restoring a sense of order and fairness in the public realm would not satisfy the anti-immigrant hardcore, but it wouldn’t have to. A period of sustained competence – just making the systems work – would drain so much poison out of the debate.

Interesting, and timely, column from Rafael Behr in today's Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/24/keir-starmer-immigration-debate-tories-britain

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ketsbaia in reply to @andyp

Not gonna click on the Graun, but I expect my former colleague Raf doesn't cover the fact none of this is done to appease the fairly insignificant far right population but is entirely for the benefit of a few wingnut editors who still, bizarrely enough, have the power to sway elections.

He probably deliberately ignores the role those currently in charge of the so-called Labour Party had in legitimising 'gEnUiNe CoNcErNs' about immigration way back in the noughties when they had the chance to nip this shit in the bud but oddly enough chose not to.

Granted I haven't and won't read the article. I don't read what Raf churns out anymore since he went on record to blame Jeremy Corbyn for his heart condition. Fuck knows what happened to him, but he wasn't such a loon in the 90s.

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