"Forget George Orwell's Two Minutes Hate. That was strictly for amateurs. If you haven't got in a full half hour of loathing for foreigners then you clearly don't love your country very much. And this hate is no longer confined to the far right. Even some bien-pensants of the centre left are joining in. Everyone now has licence to hate."
"The fightback against foreigners starts here. It's a time of very public displays. Come draped in flags and colour in roundabouts with the cross of St George. Anything to make foreigners feel unwelcome. If they don't like it, then they know what they can do. Even the language has changed. Immigrants are no longer immigrants. They are sex offenders in waiting. With Nige's prodding we are encouraged to think of them as invaders."
Public debate about immigration shifted from restrained discomfort to overt hostility within weeks of parliament's recess. Government ministers' inactivity and Nigel Farage's press conferences intensified public loathing and broadened anti-immigrant sentiment beyond the far right. Nationalist displays, flag-draped roundabouts, and calls to make newcomers feel unwelcome became common. Language hardened as immigrants were labeled 'sex offenders in waiting' and 'invaders.' Violence was celebrated, with supporters defending a woman who urged setting fire to hotels housing asylum seekers and portraying her as a free-speech martyr amid claims of a two-tier judicial system.
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