Like many others, I have been the subject of highly personalised attacks by the government in recent months. Boris Johnson referred to “Islingtonian remainers” as if they were a terrorist group. Liz Truss said that members of an “anti-growth coalition” lived in north London townhouses and took taxis. And Suella Braverman expressed her loathing for the “Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati”.
My crime? I have lived in an Islington townhouse and read the Guardian for the best part of 40 years, I occasionally take taxis, and I have always believed in European integration. On the other hand, I cannot help but note that, unlike any of them, I am still in a job. In the spirit of full disclosure, I should also confess that I would not know what tofu was if it hit me on the back of the head.
Sir Peter Coulson
London
