"Mine is the patriotism of Orwell. Pride in a country that is forever changing, while also, ineffably, always the same. It is a love of this country as an open, tolerant and generous place. But that broad vision of who we are is increasingly disputed. Patriotism, a force for good, is turning into something smaller. Something more like ethno-nationalism, which struggles to accept that someone who looks like me, and has a faith like mine, can truly be English or British."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomLord Chancellors (United Kingdom)Labour Party (UK) politiciansWomen born in the 1980sGender-critical feminists
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