His campaign to flee London has gradually revealed him to be just the sort of shallow opportunist public life could do withoutDog-whistle politics are well and truly done. Zac Goldsmith’s mayoral campaign is not approximately coded,inaudible or even subtle signals to targeted groups. It is roaringly racist and ever more desperate. Over the weekend, Goldsmith’s mission to link Sadiq Khan with terrorism continued in a column that was illustrated by a picture of a bus destroyed in the 7/7 attacks, and the shock it prompted was real; real enough for some of Goldsmith’s fellow Conservatives,including Sayeeda Warsi, to express their dismay.
Goldsmith, or a man who displays a mannered listlessness in lieu of charisma,was content for a while to be portrayed as someone who was somehow having racist tactics forced upon him. Now he seems quite happy to repeatedly propose that Khan – though not supported by any extremist group – is close to them.
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Source: theguardian.com