Far-right policies don’t become palatable just because mainstream politicians adopt them | Kenan Malik
debtFar-right? Extreme right? Radical right? Or just right? The victories of parties such as Marine Le Pen’s Rally National (RN) (rebranded the National Front) and Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the recent EU elections have sparked a debate about whether the “far-right” label should be dropped. audience Editor Fraser Nelson said many political parties […]
The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? | Kenan Malik
‘W“We need to crack down on low-value college degrees.” Who said that, and when? Rishi Sunak said in October last year. or Mr Sunak said in July last yearOr Mr Sunak in August of the previous year. Nadhim Zahawi 5 months ago. Or Michelle Donnellan November 2020. or Gavin Williamson May 2020. or Damien Hinds […]
Riz Ahmed’s Defiance: how the visceral racism of 70s Britain gave way to a new era of identity politics | Kenan Malik
I I still remember the chill I felt when I first heard about the murder of Parveen Khan and her three young children, Aqsa, Kamran and Imran. It was July 1981. In the middle of the night, someone poured petrol into his postbox in Walthamstow, north-east London, and set it on fire. Parveen’s husband, Yunus, […]