I watched the football and my heart really goes out to Saka and the other guys who did their best for their country and who have been on the sharp end of an ungrateful minority, despite their clear dedication to their country and team.

That said, I see this as a sad outcome of people pushing divisive ideologies on all sides. Do you not think that there are factors that go into how people construct the idea of “the other” and that messages that encourage divisions risk playing into this? If not, what is your explanation for why race relations are worsening? What is driving it?

And if you were a policy maker, what would you do to improve the situation?

I don’t think it helps to label any argument “rightwing”? Why not assess a point on its merits, with evidence and reason, rather than decide it’s beyond the pale because it ticks some box of an imagined enemy tribe. Identity politics is rife with right and left, and I for one think we should try our best to listen to the other sides’ position and engage with their points, rather than dismiss them on the basis of ad hominem reasoning (which accusations of “rightwing” or “leftwing” inevitably are).