![]() The most successful chapters of We Need New Stories are the central four, which tackle claims that political correctness has run away with itself, free speech is under threat, identity politics has weakened the drive for true equality and that England’s greatness lies in its colonial past. With careful analysis and a great historian’s expertise for synthesising a huge amount of information into a clear arc, she engages in a powerful and persuasive debunking exercise. The proliferation of media outlets meant that it was not only marginalised voices that secured access… but also those with more extreme and fringe views.” The personal foreword has a lightness, insight, depth, global perspective and power all of its own This is all the more necessary in an age where “views that had previously been consigned to the political fringes made their way into the mainstream via social and traditional media organisations that previously would never have contemplated their airing. ![]() ![]() Malik takes each claim, peels back its fallacies and exposes its roots. ![]()
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