Asylum seekers aren’t ‘taking your jobs’ – but it would be better for all of us if they could work
Amid the racist, far right violence sweeping the UK this week has been a theme present in anti-immig...
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Middle-aged radicalisation: why are so many of Britain’s rioters in their 40s and 50s?
Look closely at the pictures of the violent unrest that has spread across England and Northern Irela...
Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far right – and the current violence is the result
As someone who has researched Islamophobia in Britain for a quarter of a century, it is clear to me ...
The hypermasculine far right: how white nationalists tell themselves they are ‘protecting’ women and children when they riot
Many of the people rioting in towns and cities in England and Northern Ireland claim that their viol...
The trouble with England – why rioting in the UK has not spread to Scotland and Wales
The violent unrest that has caused so much damage in the UK has not in fact happened across the UK. ...
The hypocrisy at the heart of racist riots
When news broke that a 17-year-old male had stabbed a number of young girls in Southport, misinforma...
How the altruistic response to far right riots reveals the innate goodness in human beings
Amid the aggression and destruction of the recent riots across England and Northern Ireland, there h...
Why we might regret calling for far-right rioters to be prosecuted as terrorists
As police begin to arrest and prosecute those involved in the far-right, racist, Islamophobic riots ...
Why we don’t need more policing – even after the riots
In response to the violent far-right riots across the UK, we have seen pledges from Keir Starmer’s L...
Three steps to talking to a loved one at risk of being radicalised into rioting
For some, the shocking scenes of violence which have erupted across dozens of locations in England a...