Racist! What rows about language tell us about politics

Beckett, Charlie (2012) Racist! What rows about language tell us about politics [Online resource]

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This should have been the week when we talked about serious issues like racism in Britain, economic policy and national political choices. But instead the new year has begun with three trivial stories about words. You can blame Twitter, but I think it might also be that the media (and the public) prefer the small stuff when the big things are so complex and apparently intractable.