Forget Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ – the immigration debate shows real loathing

<p>Since the summer recess, the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically</p><p>What the hell just happened? When parliament rose for the summer recess, the debate about immigration was still – just about – the right side of toxic. There was a pretence at least that the people coming to this country, either legally or by small boat crossings, were human beings just like us. They lived and breathed. Had feelings.</p><p>Fast forward six weeks, in which government ministers have been putting their feet up doing not very much apart from intermittent attempts to stop the wars in Ukraine and Gaza – that went well – and the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/01/forget-orwells-two-minutes-hate-the-immigration-debate-shows-real-loathing">Continue reading...</a>