This essay, on the penchant for politics by labelling, was published in the Observer on 22 September 2024, under the headline “Too white? Too black? Too woke? Politics by labelling is a disease of our times”. Yes, I’ve been called a “coconut”. When Marieha Hussain wrote the word on a placard she carried on a Palestine march last November, it was to deride Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, the then prime minister and home secretary, for their obnoxious immigration policies and their […]

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