Chapter 43: “Stop the Boats”

178      “I think that my presence here highlights . . .”  Georgia Pearce, “Nigel Farage Issues Warning to Sunak as He Attends Tory Conference for First Time in 36 Years,” GB News, video, October 2, 2023, updated October 3, 2023,” www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-nigel-farage-warning-rishi-sunak-tory-party-conference, 00:57–1:07.

178      “I went to the CDO dinner last night . . .”  Pearce, “Nigel Farage Issues Warning to Sunak as He Attends Tory Conference for First Time in 36 Years,” www.gbnews.com/politics/politics-nigel-farage-warning-rishi-sunak-tory-party-conference, 1:08–1:18.

178      Founded by billionaire Peter Cruddas  Sam Coates, “Rishi Sunak Mocked in Leaked WhatsApps as Grassroots Tories Vow to ‘Go to War’ with Party's Liberals,” Sky News, October 1, 2023, news.sky.com/story/rishi-sunak-mocked-in-leaked-whatapps-as-grassroots-tories-vow-to-go-to-war-with-partys-liberals-12973419; and Eleni Courea, “Tory Peer Peter Cruddas Shared Posts Supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK,” The Guardian, June 17, 2024, www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/17/tory-peer-peter-cruddas-shared-posts-supporting-nigel-farage-and-reform-uk.

178      an MP for a constituency in southern England  “Braverman Sacking Divides Opinion in Her Constituency of Fareham,” BBC News, November 13, 2023, www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-67404056.

178      “Stop the boats”  “Britain-EU/UKIP: UK’s Farage Says Germany Stoking Europe’s Refugee Crisis,” Reuters Screenocean, video, September 4, 2015, reuters.screenocean.com/record/141968, 1:10–1:15; Daniel Sandford, “What Does Rishi Sunak’s Promise to Stop the Boats Mean?” BBC News, January 4, 2023, www.bbc.com/news/uk-64164339; Prime Minister’s Office and Rishi Sunak, “PM Statement on Illegal migration: 13 December 2022,” GOV.UK, December 13, 2022, www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-illegal-migration-13-december-2022; and Home Office and Suella Braverman, “Home Secretary Statement on the Illegal Immigration Bill,” GOV.UK, March 7, 2023, www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretary-statement-on-the-illegal-immigration-bill.

178–179 a daughter of immigrants of Indian origin  “Braverman Sacking Divides Opinion in Her Constituency of Fareham,” www.gov.uk/government/speeches/home-secretary-statement-on-the-illegal-immigration-bill.

179      “Now one of the most powerful forces reshaping . . .”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” YouTube, October 3, 2023, www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 4:27–4:36.

179      “have struggled to get illegal immigration under control”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 11:26–11:38.

179      “And all of them bleating the same incessant . . .” Conservatives, “LIVE | Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 12:49–12:58.

179      a son of Indian immigrants Sakshi Venkatraman, “Vivek Ramaswamy Celebrates His Immigrant Family While Pushing Far-Right Border Policies,” NBC News, August 24, 2023, www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/vivek-ramaswamy-celebrates-immigrant-family-pushing-far-right-border-p-rcna101592.

179      “There’s no greater damnation in modern America . . .”  Vivek Ramaswamy, “Dream,” YouTube, February 21, 2023, youtu.be/el4PkYCc74c?si=tvaE23OQDGG0SPJs, 1:47–1:51.

179      “Racist isn’t a descriptive word . . .” Richard Spencer quoted in Tristan Scott, “Who Is Richard Spencer?” Flathead Beacon, November 26, 2014, flatheadbeacon.com/2014/11/26/richard-spencer/.

179      racist is a descriptive word  Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist, rev. ed. (New York: One World, 2023), 11. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1371058747.

179      describe what a person is being in a given moment Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist, rev. ed., 11. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1371058747.

179      “A key part of their tool kit is that they call those . . .”  John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America (New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2021), 13. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1252762785.

179      “When you start arguing with people, the first thing . . .”  Herschel Walker quoted in David Corn, “Herschel Walker Once Said He Was the Target of Racism. Now He Claims It Doesn’t Exist,” Mother Jones, November 30, 2022, www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/herschel-walker-once-said-he-was-the-target-of-racism-now-he-claims-it-doesnt-exist.

179      “will open the borders and then cry racism . . .”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 14:05–14:10.

179      “Britain would go properly woke”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 24:48–24:51.

179      “Those who fail to conform are persecuted . . .”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 25:43–25:58.

179      “Conservative government” . . . “fighting for a Britain that puts you first”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 26:07–26:08, 27:53–27:57.

179      “We are on your side”  Conservatives, “LIVE   Home Secretary Suella Braverman from #CPC23 in Manchester,” www.youtube.com/live/2lxjiA8wVpM?si=zwDwakCsrR6ja90B, 27:58–28:00.

180      “the biggest failure of this conference so far”  GB News, “‘Absolutely Pathetic!’: Nigel Farage Slams Braverman as Net Migration Worse Than ‘Tony Blair Days!’” YouTube, October 3, 2023, youtu.be/mj-HvguA7Jo?si=E6m9pjyGo5RQpIQF, 2:31–2:36.