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‘Cut off from prosperity’: Bristol’s excluded fringes – in pictures | Art and design

‘Cut off from prosperity’: Bristol’s excluded fringes – in pictures | Art and design

Chris Hoare: ‘Gina cradles her daughter on a beautiful spring day in Hartcliffe. Their estate sits in the far south of the city, from which in the far distance the Clifton suspension bridge can be seen, but it can feel particularly cut off from the prosperity of the city. Equal to this are areas in the far north, such as Lawrence Weston, Southmead or Henbury, where I spent time as a youth growing up’ Source link

How ‘no-go zone’ myth spread from fringes to mainstream UK politics | Race

How ‘no-go zone’ myth spread from fringes to mainstream UK politics | Race

The claim by a former government minister earlier this week that parts of London and Birmingham with large Muslim populations are “no-go areas” has highlighted the enduring myth that there are UK neighbourhoods and towns unsafe for white people. Paul Scully, the MP for Sutton and Cheam in Greater London, later retracted his suggestion that Tower Hamlets and Sparkhill were unsafe for non-Muslims to enter, made during a BBC interview about allegations of anti-Muslim sentiments within the Conservative party. But he also defended invoking the Islamophobic trope on the grounds that people told him they perceived there to be a threat. Rightwing politicians and commentators in the US, the UK and Europe have promoted the notion of such Muslim-controlled areas since the early 2000s. Initially, it was usually connected to claims about Islam posing an existential threat to white western civilisation in the wake of Islamist terrorist attacks. But it was later cited in fears about community cohesion and racial and religious segregation, and wider debates about immigration. Joe Mulhall, the director of research at …

Reform UK: the party frightening the Tories from the fringes | News

Reform UK: the party frightening the Tories from the fringes | News

It is structured like a company, with Nigel Farage as the dominant shareholder. Yet he is not its head. It is a rightwing party whose leader is on record as saying the Conservatives deserve to be “destroyed” at the polls, deriding the Tories as socialists. Who are the people behind Reform UK and how do they want to change British politics? The Guardian’s political correspondent, Ben Quinn, explains how Reform was founded out of the ashes of the Brexit party. He explains how its leader, Richard Tice, has called Reform the party of common sense, which wants to see “one in, one out” immigration. Nosheen Iqbal hears why the party has promised it will not hold back in its pursuit of Tory voters and explores how Reform’s ultimate goal is to bring the Conservatives down, before transforming the party in its image. So how worried should Rishi Sunak be – and can Reform really change the British political landscape? Photograph: Guy Bell/REX/Shutterstock Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep …