Exactly the hijacking of English identity I warn of in my book,
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23AnotherEngland
. If progressives don’t get better at telling compelling & inclusive stories of Englishness, we can’t be surprised at this dangerous blather of exceptionalism & imperialism nostalgia
https://nitter.privacydev.net/HutchHeinemann
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/BestForBritain/status/1837113508443345024#m
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[2024-09-21 10:07 UTC]
@CarolineLucas
Like the warm welcoming of Mahatma Gandhi in streets of Britain's mill towns.
He was wearing Indian cotton as part of boycotting British cloth, to press for Indian Independence.
The British government told mill workers to hate him, they hailed him.