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Incendiary claims about the UK census do not reflect reality
We should interrogate the convenient weaponisation of the latest data
This week, the latest tranche of data from the UK’s 2021 census was published, including figures on race and ethnicity. It was promptly met with a volley of incendiary responses, giving away the eagerness with which some had evidently been waiting to weaponise the results.
