A new species of white nationalism is propagating across the UK. It’s a fast-growing weed, resistant to herbicides, and assiduously nurtured by Reform and its green-fingered head gardener Mr Nigel Farage.

Such noxious undergrowth has always been there. It got out of control at times and was dealt with effectively. But now, it seems inexorable. Those who should be cutting it down and back are fatalistic. Or lazy. Or defeated.

I often wonder how Farage and his patriots would react if Zimbabwe and South Africa declared that whites were strangers in their land and their presence was unsettling native cohesion.

We learn that Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman have been appointed to what Farage calls his “shadow cabinet”. The first is a known white nativist who complained that he “didn’t see another white face” during a trip to Birmingham. The second – like Zia Yusuf – I believe was appointed for a purpose. In my view, they are useful alibis, tokens to parade racial inclusivity. Both are smart, but not politically sophisticated.    

In 1994, my book No Place Like Home was published. I wanted my newborn daughter to know my life story, in case I died prematurely. I described life in Uganda. We Asians were deplorably racist towards Black Ugandans,........

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