This is not who we are

The racists have been emboldened and sanctioned by our government’s own rhetoric – to now talk vaguely in terms of resistance is far too little, much too late.

Pic: Steve Eason/Flickr

At the weekend, the far-right descended on London. Our flawed but beautiful melting pot of a capital city, famed for its inclusivity, for its vibrant diversity, for its progressive thinking and acceptance of different ways of life. And yet it was here, on the streets of a city that is so often a safe haven for people from minoriti…