and this despite having spent five years reporting on, dissecting, and pretty much relentlessly attacking a UK opposition leader from precisely that political tradition...

Mamdani responded to the smears by putting out an ad in Arabic and speaking Arabic in his victory speech. The lesson is to never apologize for who you are and never cede to your opponents the idea that their voters are somehow more legitimate than your own voters.

I accept police & govt might think that, but that's not how far-right "reason" works. This policy of announcing a racial profile actually validates racist violence. Hard to elaborate within the character limit, but here's the long version! (yes I use linkedin to post essay-length political rants).