Refugees and gypsies scapegoated in a race-hate election
By Rosalind Robson For some months now the Tories and Labour have been trying to win votes by competing to see who can be the most “hardline” against asylum seekeers. More recently the Tories have added gypsies and travellers to their list of “undesirables”. Michael Howard has probably beaten Tony Blair with his nasty populist election campaign. Now he is “out on the stump” spewing out his message — “It’s not racist to want to control immigration”; and “Let’s clamp down on illegal traveller sites.” The Tories maybe be in the lead in the race-hate auction but Labour isn’t far behind. One of...