To think there is some kind of weird push towards the far right?

In the wealth chart, I have spent most of my life in the bottom 4%. But, yes, I must be middle-class because I abhor racism and fascists.

Do you live somewhere like Luton (whatever that means)?

It's just a guess, normally the white, liberal, middle class, privileged kind of women, preaching the benefits of MC don't live in places like Luton.

100% this! This is precisely the question everyone should be asking. But I suspect they won't.

It's just a guess, normally the white, liberal, middle class, privileged kind of women, preaching the benefits of MC don't live in places like Luton.

I'm aware. That doesn't change the fact that the lack of diversity was perceived as a significant problem.

There has always been an active far right element in Japan. That is nothing new. And yes, they have gained traction recently, like far right movements across the world.

How do you know what sort of life I have? You know nothing about me or where I live.

And as such, your daydream version of the UK is in reality a bit of a dystopian nightmare with most people living in groups of their own kind.

I don't include privileged white middle class women in that though, you live entirely different lives.

You see, if it wasn't for places like Luton existing, I'd agree with you, but for most people their reality isn't being able to go to a stately home on a Sunday....

That's just life though isn't it? Some people don't have time or money for leisure activities, twas ever thus, the world over. I'd like it not to be so, but the existence of "places like Luton" isn't the cause.

They've literally just had anti-immigration protests in Japan this month over the numbers of African migrants arriving.

I agree. It pisses me off no end when people parrot on about the NHS being ‘free’ - it’s not - we pay for it through our taxes!

My husband pays tens of thousands in tax for abysmal public services, I’d much rather we all pay less tax and have a private medical system that is actually decent. Most people I know are having to pay privately anyway as the NHS is so shocking and waiting lists are appalling. The NHS is an endless money pit with too many inefficient uses of funding to count.

You see, if it wasn't for places like Luton existing, I'd agree with you, but for most people their reality isn't being able to go to a stately home on a Sunday....

Oh, I totally agree it will be more of the same.

Low key civil war may be an issue in the not too distant future.

I think your sentence about bashing brown and black people is obnoxious, especially as white working class kids in this country are some of the most deprived and under privileged and that the UK is one of the most, if not the most, tolerant, unracist countries in the world.

When I lived in Japan years ago, many Japanese people were convinced that the lack of diversity in Japan was one of the country's greatest weaknesses. Indeed, successive Japanese government's invested millions in "internationalisation" initiatives. They recognised that the relative lack of diversity was holding them back as a nation.

I agree. I love it too. Where else in the world can you go to a Caribbean festival on Saturday and to a stately home for a scone on Sunday? Fabulous. Nothing unpatriotic about loving my country as I've always known it.

It is a problem though. As a percentage of his income, Rishi Sunak - a millionaire, and just as an example - pays less than the average person, as the majority of his taxes are capital gains, which means he's paying a lower rate of tax than a high rate income tax. If you're rich enough to afford a good accountant, you end up dumping the tax burden onto people who are a lot less capable than you of shouldering it. The argument is always 'otherwise they'd just leave' but that's just a way of shrugging shoulders at massive and unfair tax inequality.

Because it literally is one of the best things about being British and living here - our food, our arts, our neighbours - melting pots of colours, flavours, ways of life, all living together fairly harmoniously considering how diverse we actually are. We do have problems, but overall it's a great place to live. This weekend I was lucky enough to sit and eat a fantastic jerk chicken meal in the grounds of the incredible Belton House at their open day (for free!). We bought a fabulous chai rum from a local producer and my DD learned how to make a dragonfly out of pipe cleaners.

If the students are looking at history, we literally triumphed over nationalist countries (Germany, Japan), because we worked together with others to win. And we invited those teammates to live here to rebuild this country with us afterwards.

Multiculturalism makes this place a wonderful place to be. My worry is that once you've got a Reform in place, and they do successfully do something about the numbers of asylum seekers (they won't - it will get worse), where do we draw the line as to who is acceptable to persecute/attack next?

Because it literally is one of the best things about being British and living here - our food, our arts, our neighbours - melting pots of colours, flavours, ways of life, all living together fairly harmoniously considering how diverse we actually are. We do have problems, but overall it's a great place to live. This weekend I was lucky enough to sit and eat a fantastic jerk chicken meal in the grounds of the incredible Belton House at their open day (for free!). We bought a fabulous chai rum from a local producer and my DD learned how to make a dragonfly out of pipe cleaners.

If the students are looking at history, we literally triumphed over nationalist countries (Germany, Japan), because we worked together with others to win. And we invited those teammates to live here to rebuild this country with us afterwards.

Multiculturalism makes this place a wonderful place to be. My worry is that once you've got a Reform in place, and they do successfully do something about the numbers of asylum seekers (they won't - it will get worse), where do we draw the line as to who is acceptable to persecute/attack next?

That may be true but why are we teaching in schools that the most wonderful, inspiring thing about being British is our diversity? What if I were to move to Japan and tell the indigenous people there, the people whose ancestors have built up that land and culture for 1000s of years, that the thing they should bring their children up to be the most proud of is the fact that a whole bunch of people who are not Japanese are now here too?

What you are saying is dishonest and nonsensical. A slow trickle of 'new blood' into a country over centuries (in times when only hardworking and resourceful newcomers willing to assimilate will likely be able to make it), is vastly different to what we've seen in recent years. It seems strangely childish to resort AI to try and 'teach' us that - shockingly - immigration is not a new phenomenon. Are you an adult?

I don't think this is the "gotcha" you think it is. What point is it you think you are scoring? I'm not here to discuss the dictionary definition of the word diversity, nor its etymological history. Any fool could look that up in a second. I do find these attempts to derail tiresome. I was talking about how the word diversity has been appropriated in recent years, I specifically quoted Sadiq Khan as an example so that there would be no wiggle room for those who haunt every MN thread determined to derail and deliberately misunderstand.

The Conservatives aren’t right leaning.

The UK didn’t particularly want a Labour government; they just didn’t want the Conservatives. That’s how Labour won it - they barely said a word, but it was handed to them just by virtue of not being the Tories.

Aren't they? Someone with as many books as you surely knows what it means though?