The Coalition’s brave new Britain
- March 05, 2012
- by
- Matt
On 13 April 2010, David Cameron launched the Tory manifesto with a promise to promote ‘people power’ and ‘change Britain for the better’. Cameron promised that the Conservatives would ‘ make things better without spending more money‘ and announced radical plans to ‘help the poorest, protect the NHS, help people find work...
Bordergate: Act II
- November 16, 2011
- by
- Matt
The plot thickens regarding the ‘Bordergate’ scandal. Yesterday the outgoing chief of the UK Border Agency Brodie Clark and UKBA’s new executive director Rob Whiteman gave what were essentially incompatible versions of the same events to parliament.
Clark denied suggestions that he was a ‘rogue officer’ and insisted that last summer’s relaxed border checks had...
The Daily Mail: Feasting on Bile
- November 10, 2011
- by
- Matt
It’s always pleasant to see a reactionary government hanging by its own petard when it tries to play the immigration card, but the UK Border Agency ‘relaxed border controls’ pseudo-scandal encapsulates so much that is toxic about the British ‘debate’ on immigration that the frisson wears off quite quickly.
First we have a Coalition government which...
Multiculturalism is Bad for You
- April 22, 2011
- by
- Matt
Superb article by Liz Fekete at the Institute of Race Relations on the European-wide convergence between mainstream conservatives and the extreme-right in their attacks on multiculturalism. Her central thesis is that, at a time of economic crisis
In singling out multiculturalism as a threat to national identity, the leaders of Europe’s centre-right parties are using...
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