The telegraph is a low-quality right-wing rag in the UK that frames everything with a hint of xenophobia. I’d say it’s a pretty poor source for “world news”. Definitely take it with a large dose of salt.

Edit: MBFC rating is “mixed” with right-wing bias

I personally only visit neighbourhoods where the frogs respond to my chirp of greeting by rolling around on their backs and allowing me to pet their tummies

It’s easy to make this kind of generalisation but in reality we are like any other western country - extremely polarised by social and traditional media and currently vearing towards fascism because of a combination of external manipulation and increasing inequality and misplaced anger about it.

Our population is also quite stratified in terms of race - there are some very multi-cultural cities and towns and there are towns where the population is entirely white and the locals only experience of other cultures is via the TV or speciality restaurants and shops in the next town over (source: grew up in one such place. Remember having conversation with a guy who said “tried an Indian, it was quite nice actually!”). I suppose this is comparable to the US Western and Eastern seaboards Vs “small town America”. People who have never met anyone with a different skin pigment are much easier to manipulate into thinking that all different people are here to take our jobs and live off welfare provided by our hard work. Those people are strongly influenced by the right-wing press such as the daily mail who supported the Nazis the last time around too. (Sidenote: that paper’s ownership remains with the same family. Never ever open their site and give them ad revenue).

In reality, many cities are multi-cultural, diverse and open these days. The white fash-inclined people are worried that this open and diverse culture might spread to their town. Partly because the political class, backed up by the DM and GBNews and even the ‘impartial’ BBC tell them to be.

I’d highly recommend watching Adam Curtis’ recent documentary series “Shifty” which follows the downfall of Britain’s industrial base and disenfranchisement of the working class led by Thatcher and Blair during the 80s and 90s. It is eye opening.

The Labour party is supposed to be our centre-left party but they are copying the US-Dems in trying to appeal to the right who will never vote for them and alienating their base. They ousted their left-wing leader about 8 years ago and installed Starmer who is for sure a plant for the landed gentry/corporate interests.

TL;DR not all of us are fash inclined, not even most of us. If you’re reading this and you’re new to this country, seek us out and don’t lose heart.

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Agree although, presumably joining the Schengen and the euro would make it harder for the oligarchy to keep using London City as a money laundering and tax haven funnelling device. I suspect there would be strong pushback on that!