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The Madness of Guardian Columnists
The Guardian Opinion section is a lunatic asylum.
On the same day, the Guardian published an essay by Nesrine Malik, accusing Reform UK of wanting to ethnically cleanse Britain of any non-White person. She complained that Nigel Farage had previously said that "some Muslims are here 'to take us over'", that people speaking other languages on public transport make him uncomfortable, and that traffic congestion is caused by immigration.
(Stop trying to persuade me to support him.)
Malik complains that all parties engage in Slopulism: pandering to populist sentiment through empty slogans. But her complaint isn't that they use the slogans to contain public outrage; rather, that the British people dare to assert possession of their country, instead of Britain being for anyone from anywhere.
Whereas Sacha Hilhorst interviewed Reform voters, and claimed they are "much more progressive than you might think", because they support banning MPs from having second jobs, and stricter controls on lobbying.
Sacha is mistaking the possessive politics of Somewheres — insisting that politicians represent their constituents' concerns, rather than those of vested interests or their own pockets — for the resentful levelling impulse of progressives.
Both women cannot understand why the British public are rejecting their ideology and voting for the most patriotic option available, because they reject the proposition that nations exist and are the property of distinct peoples. Which is why they both write for the Guardian.
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By Connor TomlinsonThe Guardian Opinion section is a lunatic asylum.
On the same day, the Guardian published an essay by Nesrine Malik, accusing Reform UK of wanting to ethnically cleanse Britain of any non-White person. She complained that Nigel Farage had previously said that "some Muslims are here 'to take us over'", that people speaking other languages on public transport make him uncomfortable, and that traffic congestion is caused by immigration.
(Stop trying to persuade me to support him.)
Malik complains that all parties engage in Slopulism: pandering to populist sentiment through empty slogans. But her complaint isn't that they use the slogans to contain public outrage; rather, that the British people dare to assert possession of their country, instead of Britain being for anyone from anywhere.
Whereas Sacha Hilhorst interviewed Reform voters, and claimed they are "much more progressive than you might think", because they support banning MPs from having second jobs, and stricter controls on lobbying.
Sacha is mistaking the possessive politics of Somewheres — insisting that politicians represent their constituents' concerns, rather than those of vested interests or their own pockets — for the resentful levelling impulse of progressives.
Both women cannot understand why the British public are rejecting their ideology and voting for the most patriotic option available, because they reject the proposition that nations exist and are the property of distinct peoples. Which is why they both write for the Guardian.
Support my work on Substack: https://connortomlinson.substack.com/
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Support my work:
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