Hardeep Matharu
@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
Journalist. Speaker. Writer. Interviewer
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture
Editor-in-Chief of the independent UK publication Byline Times
hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Curious explorer of the forces that shape us. Identities. Politics. Media. Culture
Editor-in-Chief of the independent UK publication Byline Times
hardeep@bylinetimes.com / hardeepmatharu.wordpress.com
Indeed! I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times 😊
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Indeed! I'm the Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times 😊
In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In my piece of June 2024, written as a person of colour, I said: "Because, for minorities like me, hearing one of Farage’s “ordinary folk” call the PM of this country a “f**cking P*ki” is no laughing matter. It is terrifying". No one else raised this at that time
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I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I absolutely do not believe this is simply an "organic" backlash to wokeism & do not think I presented it as that. As Editor-in-Chief of Byline Times for 6.5 years, so much of my work has highlighted all of the things you mention. This is an unfair comment, but I will leave it there.
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There's an excellent discussion of exactly this problem in the UK by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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🔴 How Our Politicians Created an 'Island of Strangers' So They Don't Have to Make Our Lives Any Better
"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
"By vowing to tackle our 'island of strangers' through immigration, Starmer keeps us trapped on it – by not offering solutions to the real reasons for our estrangement" @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social
How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better
By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...
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October 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
There's an excellent discussion of exactly this problem in the UK by @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social in @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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