This essay, on the debate over undocumented Channel migrants , was my Observer column this week. (The column included also a short piece on Kamala Harris, birtherism and identity.) It was published on 16 August 2020, under the headline ‘Inventing a “migrant invasion” is part of a toxic rhetorical ploy’. It’s a title of which Captain Mainwaring would have been proud: ‘Clandestine Channel Threat Commander‘. The man responsible for saving Britain from the threat of a migrant invasion. If you invent an invasion, […]

Categories: Britain, Politics, Race & Immigration • Tags: british politics, channel migrants, colin yeo, immigration policy, paulette wilson, priti patel, racism, undocumented migrants, windrush scandal