Its fairly clear at this point that Priti Patel is simply a front for a growing toxic and xenophobic policy designed to appeal to a media-polarised rightwing nationalism. So it always goes in the face of adversity we mistake restriction of liberty for order.
It is tiring to live in a country with so much potential, built on a history of immigration and hard-won battles for equal rights, to see an 18th century masturbatory fantasy lead our vote and policy against us. The world is changing, and Britain is an old fortress on sand.
Its simple really;

There is an idea of Britain, an old stubborn workhorse of moral authority who can be relied on to right the world.

Then there is the reality of a country split by poverty, fuelled by a divisive and malignant media and run by a cabal of isolated sycophants.
There will be no progress whilst this continues, only the continued erosion of our freedoms whilst our money is spent on rehashing the words of long dead monarchs and ministers, who would neither recognise or tolerate the world today.
Patel is just another face in a twisted and diabolical machine designed to hold the public in an enduring war against itself, whilst it feeds on the uncertainty, sadness and rage it sews.
None of this is groundbreaking information or nuance analysis, it is simply ignoring the noise.

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