At a press conference in September, Reform UK announced a seismic policy proposal – the end of indefinite leave to remain for migrants. This change, which would radically transform the UK’s immigration system, has been justified by the supposed need to tackle the ‘Boris wave’.
At first glance, Boris Wave’s portfolio might be seen as merely a description of a post-Brexit pattern of increased immigration, but as the reactionary digital policy expert says… Dr. Robert Topinka Explains to Helen BedeThe term was created by the “online far right” and was originally used as a racist epithet. Topinka describes how it holds a frame that leans to the right, whether its users are aware of it or not.
The pair discuss how far-right terminology has entered mainstream political conversations, the idea that politics is the “stream of culture,” why the right has become more successful recently in shaping our political language, and how we, as individuals, should deal with such terminology.
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