Who's afraid of the Respect Party?
at 4:43pm on Friday, 21st September 2007
I've got an article in this month's Renewal arguing that the government's approach to Britishness (broadly characterised as an attempt to agree upon what we agree upon) needs to focus more on the areas where we disagree. Attempts to 'construct' Britishness in a top down, stage-managed way is producing a vision so content-lite that it is emotionally unengaging.
We need to acknowledge the problems and conflicts created by diversity and then work through them together. It's only by embracing the areas of disagreement that we will build meaningful understanding. And that means seeing movements like the Respect Party as part of the solution, not part of the problem.
You can read it here.
We need to acknowledge the problems and conflicts created by diversity and then work through them together. It's only by embracing the areas of disagreement that we will build meaningful understanding. And that means seeing movements like the Respect Party as part of the solution, not part of the problem.
You can read it here.
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