Thread by @willsolfiac

Interesting example in this video of the transformation of Islam in Britain - Mothin Ali's mother didn't wear a niqab, but his wife does.

Other than that, I thought it was hilarious that he seems to be claiming that back when the working class had more political power, they didn't see ethnic difference, only their shared 'chains of hardship and debt.' This has always been a left-wing fantasy with very little connection to reality. Working class British people have always strongly opposed mass immigration.

https://x.com/willsolfiac/status/2037137499022131445

It's actually pretty slanderous to claim that people only oppose mass immigration and demographic replacement because Thatcher closed down their steel mills, meaning they fell under the sway of, formerly, the Daily Mail and, latterly, shadowy online right-wing influencers probably funded by the Russians.

People opposed it just as strongly in the 60s and 70s before deindustrialisation. False rhetoric like this obscures their agency and desire and willingness to stand up for their identity.

On the transformation of Islam thing, I also strongly doubt that any south asian Muslims who won council elections in Britain in the 20th century would ever have screamed allahu akbar in their victory speech

The reason the Greens are such an absurd outfit, even by the standards of a political party, is that their project is entirely self-contradictory. They want universalist social liberalism, but supported by the votes of conservative Muslims, they want to fight climate change but are against nuclear power, they want (even more) mass immigration but also more social solidarity.