1/4 Today I was attacked in Parliament by #LizTruss. Tho she can read a script, she misrepresents the point of my Guardian interview. Specifically, I argue that this Gov is intentionally driving a wedge between White working class & BAME working class. It's classic #DivideAndRule
2/4 Faced with the Gov's Divide & Rule tactics, I argue for working class #solidarity. Revealingly, Truss resorts to her dogwhistle politics & suggests instead that I stand for some kind of BAME #exceptionalism - a unilateral claim by Black people on the right to be oppressed!
3/4 The constant rhetoric from Truss, her suggestion this Gov is a friend of the working class generally & the White working class specifically, is utterly crass. We only need to look at #FSM policies for a true idea of the extent of this Gov's respect for the whole working class
4/4 As for the fact the intial question was even asked? I'll let the image of a scripted, stilted conversation - in which 1 white middle aged Parliamentarian essentially asks the other if she can confirm UKGov isn't engaged in the politics of white nationalism - speak for itself
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