The Great British Fear Factory

Inside Reform UK’s Summer Line of Products: Outrage, Scapegoats and Statistics Stripped of All Context.

I moved to the UK from a country with high levels of crime. In my time living in South Africa, I was involved in one armed invasion of my home, four muggings (one of which turned violent and which I have the scars to prove) and three smash-and-grabs at robots (yes, that’s what we called them - traffic lights for the uninitiated). So, sadly, I’m intimate…