Immigration statistics matter, but they are not the whole story. Naeem’s journey through war and displacement to volunteering in Dumfries is a reminder that every number describes a person with a history. Immigration debates need numbers. Governments cannot plan housing, schools, healthcare or asylum accommodation without them. But statistics become dangerous when they are treated as though they tell us everything about the people inside them. Naeem’s.

Violence or threats against one community cannot be answered by targeting another. Collective blame turns individual crimes into permission for hatred and leaves innocent people paying the price. When a synagogue is attacked, Jewish people should not have to wonder whether their neighbours will treat them as representatives of a distant conflict. When a mosque is threatened afterwards, Muslims should not be made to answer for an attack they did not commit..

Rupert Lowe presents Restore Britain as an alternative political movement. The harder question is what happens when a broad anti-establishment coalition attracts activists and rhetoric further to the right than its leadership may intend. Restore Britain has tried to position itself as something bigger than a conventional party machine: a movement for voters who believe Westminster has failed and who want harder answers on borders, national identity and.