Politically acceptable UK racism is on the rise. And, worse, this is under 'progressive' Labour rule

As I wrote these words last autumn: "We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient", little did I realise just how right I was.

- Anand Menon

Consider what's going on. The often openly racist protests outside hotels housing migrants, with some supposed community organisations apparently heavily influenced by white nationalist groups. The increasingly frequent elision of the terms "non-UK born" and "non-British". The implication in some accounts that "white British" is somehow superior to other forms of Britishness. The angry calls for mass deportations - not just of irregular migrants but of people settled here legally.

Robert Jenrick, widely seen as a future Conservative leader, has made something of a hobby of bemoaning the decline of "white British" in some towns.

Nor is the government immune. Keir Starmer has echoed the language of Jenrick (himself reprising Enoch Powell), arguing that we risk becoming an "island of strangers" while attacking the "open borders" policies of his predecessors.

All of a sudden, the Overton window - the range of issues it is politically acceptable to discuss - seems to be widening in an alarming manner. The incendiary juxtaposition of "Muslim" and "migrant" with "rapist" or "illegal" has become almost the norm in some parts of public debate.