Radicalisation and The Spectator

An analysis of the normalisation of racist language on the British right is incomplete without taking note of the role played by the leading political weekly

In a post on the Comment is Freed Substack, Sam Freedman has produced a detailed account of the increasing racism of the language used on the mainstream British right (as distinct from the far right). It’s an excellent piece which I recommend to anyone interested in the subject. But there is a gap which surprised me so I’m posting this in an attempt to fill that, not to criticise …