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Andrew Feinstein: The Green Party calls out...

The Green Party calls out @Telegraph for its racism. Why is the @EHRC not investigating the Telegraph for Islamophobia & Antisemitism? “The depictions of Zack and Mothin are instantly recognisable as racist and antisemitic, and we will always challenge this kind of behaviour wherever we see it. The Daily Telegraph has previously called out other papers for giving space to similar tropes, so we insist they practice what they preach and act immediately to address the harm they have caused. Until this is resolved and the paper is once again acting in line with accepted editorial standards, we refuse to support their journalism.”

Ben Judah: I think the demographic transformation...

I think the demographic transformation of London is definitely part of this drop off but it’s not the only explanation. The Left suffers analytically from downplaying demographic change whilst the Right suffers analytically from trying to make it the explanation for everything and this is a good case study. It’s not the main driver — which is Brexit and post-2016 politics. In the 2011 census we already have in this constituency a White British population at 42% and an Asian and Black population of just shy of 20% and 10% respectively. The demographics were close to what they are now with 42% to now 44% born abroad. But the Right was able to get 26% of the vote.Part of the explanation is that as the seat became less White British, it became more prosperous and middle class. The share of professional, managerial and associate professional jobs rose from 44% in 1991 to 65% in 2021. Therefore I don’t think you can ascribe the collapse of the Right’s vote share since to 15% in 2026 purely to ethnic change. It plays a part for sure but the main issue driving this drop off is Brexit and the culture war post 2016. A chunk of prosperous upper middle class voters stopped seeing the Right as the protectors of their economic interests and values with these political choices. This isn’t particularly mysterious. This was in fact celebrated by the Right as it trumpeted its enmity to Islington Remainers.

June Slater: What it means when The Greens win...

What it means when The Greens win 'Restore' say they are anti-Islam. But the presence of their candidate let the Greens in. The Green deputy leader Mothin Ali celebrated winning his council seat by shouting Allahu Akbar and saying it was a win for Gaza surrounded by other Muslims and lots of Palestine flags. ♦️The Muslim Vote group are now telling people to vote Green to stop Reform.♦️ So for all the anti Islam stuff Restore campaign on - their presence ends up handing the seat to a party that is openly pro-Gaza and backed by the Muslim Vote campaign. This is a very strange logic 🤔 I understand why so many people see Restore as just the anti Reform party.
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