Think lefties should be civil about people like Suella Braverman? I politely refuse

‘We had heard Suella Braverman’s justification that we were being ‘invaded’.’ Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

“We really need a reset,” said the journalist and author Matthew Syed, on Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday, discussing his and his wife Kathy Weeks’ book, What Do You Think?

“We need to fight for open inquiry and respectful disagreement … Attack the argument, attack the ball rather than the person. A pile-on shuts down the open inquiry which is so important.”