An ever-evolving caricature of modern Britishness has given rise to the concept of the Yookay, whose visceral imagery is a first attempt at labelling this new reality.
The long-term destiny of our species is -- I hope -- to evolve into a genuinely united human race, with a shared culture embracing liberal democracy, and the current state system no more relevant than counties are now, as we spread out from this planet.
But this will take many generations, and people who think that if you just mix two or more very different cultural/ethnic groups together, they will swiftly blend into a happy harmonious whole, should look at Sri Lanka, or almost any modern African state.
Here, as in many other things, the concept of 'quantity becoming quality' -- or the 'fallacy of composition' as the philosophers would have it -- is key: If one percent of your population is 'other', no big deal. But if 10% and growing is 'other', it is a big deal.
I think ReformUK has the right approach to dealing with this problem, but it's interesting -- and sad -- to how many people reject it, because its leader refuses to endorse the idea of 'mass deportations' -- a phrase which should be interpreted as 'deportations of all non-whites', something which will not happen without the sort of political upheaval to which Germany was subjected in 1933.
We live in interesting times, and it's heartening to see intelligent people turning their attention to this issue.
Whoa! Right on target! Another Matthew Goodwin.
The long-term destiny of our species is -- I hope -- to evolve into a genuinely united human race, with a shared culture embracing liberal democracy, and the current state system no more relevant than counties are now, as we spread out from this planet.
But this will take many generations, and people who think that if you just mix two or more very different cultural/ethnic groups together, they will swiftly blend into a happy harmonious whole, should look at Sri Lanka, or almost any modern African state.
Here, as in many other things, the concept of 'quantity becoming quality' -- or the 'fallacy of composition' as the philosophers would have it -- is key: If one percent of your population is 'other', no big deal. But if 10% and growing is 'other', it is a big deal.
I think ReformUK has the right approach to dealing with this problem, but it's interesting -- and sad -- to how many people reject it, because its leader refuses to endorse the idea of 'mass deportations' -- a phrase which should be interpreted as 'deportations of all non-whites', something which will not happen without the sort of political upheaval to which Germany was subjected in 1933.
We live in interesting times, and it's heartening to see intelligent people turning their attention to this issue.