The Latest Breaking News from Enoch Powell

Does Andy Burnham really hate London? He wouldn’t be the only one

Both left and right have it in for Britain’s capital. But is London a stabby wasteland, a den of faceless bureaucrats, or just a mess of overprivileged wokerati, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Monday briefing: An (almost) comprehensive guide to Nigel Farage’s many scandals

In today’s newsletter: With allegations stretching back decades, here’s a compendium of controversies of (alleged) sleaze, schoolday trouble and more

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

How do we defeat the rise of the extreme right in Scotland and Britain?

ANDY Burnham has completed his first week as UK Prime Minister, with the role feeling nearly as temporary as the leader of Scottish Labour.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 26

Arrest of Donaldson came at the height of his political powers

The long-standing Lagan Valley MP had just led the DUP back into powersharing government at Stormont after boycotting the institutions for two years.

Evening Standard · Jun 22

British conservatives once looked down on the American right. Now they’re riding on Maga’s coat-tails

Self-described UK patriots have spotted an opportunity for advancement and enrichment. That’s why so many outsource their identity to Trump, says author and academic Kojo Koram

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

How immigrants hoping for a better life in Britain came to be viewed as ‘colonisers’ or ‘invaders’

Discussions of migration in Britain often portray immigrants as “invaders”. This is evident in the narrative around migrants arriving on small boats, to recent comments by Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire co-owner of Manchester United.

The Conversation · Feb 20

Forget Jim Ratcliffe’s half-apology: to speak of immigrants ‘colonising’ Britain crosses a line and he must fix that

He fused an echo of Enoch Powell with the spirit of the far right’s great replacement theory. This is no way to progress a humane migration debate, says Sunder Katwala, director of British Future

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13

The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics

Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11

War of the Worlds review – HG Wells recast as a fever dream of fear and xenophobia

A visually arresting adaptation trades Martian menace for Enoch Powell-era paranoia – technically dazzling, politically pointed, yet also confusing

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9

Farage tells Reform candidate who said David Lammy should ‘go home’ to Caribbean to apologise

Chris Parry made remarks about the ‘loyalties’ of David Lammy and other MPs

The Independent UK · Jan 7