Taking back control: How populists captured the asylum debate

An eye-opening account of how right-wing populists have captured the debate on asylum.

Since the 2019 general election, Britain’s relationship to asylum has shifted dramatically. As successive governments have struggled to retain support, the rise of unscrupulous political entrepreneurs and clickbait media has brought openly repressive policies crashing into the mainstream.

In Taking back control, Jonathan Darling tracks how this shift took place and exposes its devastating effects on British...