10 February 2011

Cameron’s cynical Muslim-bashing – and Labour’s shabby response

.... Can Labour in opposition develop a political narrative that reflects and promotes the reality of multicultural Britain, while addressing the genuine if misguided concerns of some "white working-class" core voters as well as wider anxiety about the radicalisation of a minority of young British Muslims?

Or will shadow ministers continue to cower at the feet of the Daily Mail? Miliband et al should think long and hard about everything that was wrong about Cameron's simplistic and inflammatory speech - and how best to respond to it. [New Statesman] Read more