By News18,Rahul Shivshankar

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The West’s romance with multiculturalism is souring. Millions of self-proclaimed nativist groups are hitting the streets—from Australia in the southern hemisphere to Western Europe in the north. The theme is the same: reclaim the nation, keep out immigrants. The latest rally held in London was a war cry against open borders, long a hallmark of Western liberalism.
Most of these rallies, including the one in London, are led by far-right parties whose leaders are self-ascribed white supremacists. Worryingly, these nativists are no longer confined to the margins. Polls show that across Western Europe the far right, riding anti-immigration sentiment, is winning converts to its racially charged agenda.
In England, for example, Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage—stridently anti-labour and curiously one of MAGA’s closest trans-Atlantic cheerleaders—has made significant inroads into Parliament. According to recent YouGov polls, Reform commands support from roughly 18-20% of British voters, making it the country’s third most popular party. Farage operates within Westminster’s framework, but others like Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins do not. Their “Unite the Kingdom” rally on Saturday drew 100,000 people. The speeches hammered the same points: British identity, Christian heritage, the supposed damage by Islam, unassimilated immigration, and the scourge of Pakistani and Middle Eastern rape gangs.
The danger of pursuing an indiscriminate nativist agenda is that it risks painting a target on the backs of all non-Whites, especially South Asians living in the U.K., including British Asians. The average white Briton, after all, seldom distinguishes between an Indian, a Pakistani, or other Subcontinentals; even Middle Eastern ethnicities are lumped in as “Asians.” The catch-all slur remains the odious label—“Paki.”
What now? Optimism would be naive. Concerns over immigration, ignored for too long, have reached a peak. Whites no longer care about respectability; they will stand openly with the likes of Robinson. He is no longer a pariah. The genie is out of the bottle. Liberal scorn cannot shame those flocking to the all-white nativist cause. England is slowly but surely drifting toward a narrower, exclusionary nationalism. The once unthinkable is now tolerable. And that sets the stage for deeper social strife.