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Racism has been falling in Britain not rising. Every major 'gold standard' survey shows that levels of racial prejudice have been in decline since the 1980s. On the whole, this is a tolerant, welcoming and remarkably peaceful country #HasBritainChanged
Support for relationships between different ethnic/racial groups has rocketed since the 1980s #HasBritainChanged
Typically, over 90% of Brits have 'no issue' with relationships/marriages between members of different groups. In 1980s more than half did #HasBritainChanged
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Matthew Goodwin
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Look at where Labour MPs & Labour members are compared to voters

This is a big reason why Labour's Red Wall collapsed

When it comes to values they are a world away from average voters and 2019 switchers, though ALL MPs are generally more liberal than voters

ht @UKandEU
You can see a similar tension on Conservative side -Conservative MPs & members are right than voters when it comes to economics

Conservatives are fortunate in that, for now, lots of voters put values ahead of their wallets

But this is why 'levelling up' agenda is so important
Have a read for yourself @ProfTimBale @philipjcowley @anandMenon1 @UKandEU @DrAlanWager Aron Cheung ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…
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Munira Mirza is interested in data and evidence. That is why critical race theorists are hostile -- they are being asked to provide evidence for their ideological claims.
In UK the relationship between race & disadvantage is FAR more complex than some suggest. For e.g., minorities shd not be treated as uniform group, lots of positive trends at work, disadvantage in diff spheres cuts across diff groups in diff ways, need nuance & data-led policy
My view is that if there is to be a new commission or study of racial inequality in UK then it shd include ppl who prioritise evidence. There is a middle way through but trying to shout down somebody simply because they question existing narratives is not the way forward imo.
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How Britain's "Statue Wars" became a proxy for our deeper values divide - a short thread
As much work has now shown, Britain's 2016 vote for Brexit was only one symptom of a much deeper values divide that has been rumbling through Britain (and other democracies) for a few decades

In very broad terms, the divide is between "liberals" and "social conservatives"
One question that is now hanging over British politics is whether Brexit and its final resolution would bring that divide to a close or instead cement it while an array of other issues -immigration, gender, diversity agenda, etc.- would breathe new life into it
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