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We must oppose the government’s divide and rule tactics
Fear-mongering over Muslim celebrations spreading Covid-19 and an invasion of illegal immigrants across the Channel must be resisted, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

THE concept of “divide and rule” has been a tried and tested conservative technique, stretching back to the days of formal empire when colonial powers would pit indigenous groups against each other as part of their brutal, extractive regimes.

In recent weeks, we have seen our Tory government engage in multiple examples of this brutal tool of governance.

The first is the government’s farcical public-sector pay increase, which claimed to be “in recognition of their help in tackling Covid-19.”

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