’They’re making Racism and Xenophobia Into a Legitimate Voice’
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The mainstream parties have been very willing to use xenophobic, anti-immigrant rhetoric, to one degree or another, to ensure that they win votes, and also as a way of redirecting resentment, as their economic policies have caused poverty and have created a huge amount of resentment amongst working people in the UK. They need to redirect that resentment to someone, and, as always, an obvious target is people who are new to the country.