David Wearing

As Maya Goodfellow shows in "Hostile Environment", this is a recurring theme in the political discourse on immigration. Racism is framed as a regrettable but natural response to a number of migrants arbitrarily deemed to be excessive, rather than a socially constructed and contestible subjectivity.

This will de facto break down along racialised lines as much as class lines. And let's not pretend that isn't largely the point, whatever ministers tell the country, and indeed themselves.

It's a real and serious problem that the standard of political commentary in this country is so poor. Democratic societies can't function without a reliable flow of information, and credible analysis of that information, to the general public. We don't have either, and that has consequences.

Gonna be a low scoring series, I feel. End of England's innings was too early to write us off.

It's a real and serious problem that the standard of political commentary in this country is so poor. Democratic societies can't function without a reliable flow of information, and credible analysis of that information, to the general public. We don't have either, and that has consequences.

This will de facto break down along racialised lines as much as class lines. And let's not pretend that isn't largely the point, whatever ministers tell the country, and indeed themselves.

In respect of the political class, genuine "integration" does not mean including black and brown people in frontbench politics purely to the extent that they participate in racist, anti-migrant politics. Substantive integration means accepting, equitable co-existence with others. And this ain't it.

I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.

I managed to blag my way backstage at a gig of theirs on the 95 UK tour, so met him briefly and got his autograph. Just remember what a positive, friendly, genuine guy he was in that brief moment.

YouTube video by The Stone Roses - Topic I Wanna Be Adored (Remastered 2009)

RIP Mani. Genuinely one of the greats.

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In respect of the political class, genuine "integration" does not mean including black and brown people in frontbench politics purely to the extent that they participate in racist, anti-migrant politics. Substantive integration means accepting, equitable co-existence with others. And this ain't it.

Yes, subordination to the dominant politics - specifically these dominant politics - is definitely not integration in any sense that any half-decent person would want to defend.

I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.

Even if they were competent authoritarians they wouldn't be able to reverse the deep cultural shifts they're so preoccupied by. And they're pretty far from competent.

the gulf between the swift brutality with which places like harvard treated students protesting genocide and the endless, endless latitude those same institutions have given people like larry summers tells you everything you need to know

I did it once 7 years ago for an event where I was the main speaker and I still physically cringe every time my brain lets that memory escape

For 20+ years I've got my info on Israel-Palestine from academic literature and leading independent civil society orgs. And I can tell you, its not the young pro-Palestine activists who've been radicalised into a dark place by virtue of inhabiting an information bubble. Its the political class.

1000%. A big part of how the discourse was made safe for the rise of the far right in this country

What this underlines for me: we cannot frame "identity" in opposition to "the material" in politics when identity defines who belongs, and therefore who can engage in collective struggle for common material gains.

Almost as though class is just being mobilised in this context to imbue racism with moral authority

Do the people of Newham, Brent, Tower Hamlets, Haringey, Croydon etc get to have "Legitimate Concerns"? Or is that a privilege reserved just for the people who hate us?

The multi-ethnic, socially liberal working and middle classes of London are as much Labour's "traditional voters" as anyone else. Perhaps we can now start talking about how its immigration policies have betrayed them and what the political consequences might be.

BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??

Worsens integration in both directions. Makes it impossible for newcomers to settle and build a proper life. And encourages everyone else to see and treat them as interlopers.

Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey

People like this should be nowhere near government

The way Labour are talking about migrants validates far right narratives of dehumanisation *at a time of far right riots and racist violence*. The leadership group responsible needs to be removed right now as a matter of public safety. This is simply a factual description of the situation before us.

Really important to get behind this call.

"Vote for us or the far right will get in. Also, we find the far right inspirational"

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Check out Predestination (2014) for more non-Succession Snook. Not sure what I think of the film as a whole, but it's a stunning performance from her.