alexmassie(@alexmassie):A classic example of how playing the ‘both sides’ card is a means of avoiding, or even denying, obvious truths. “We can never allow conflict overseas to divide us at home”, Khan says. But only one side imports the conflict here. Only one side targets the other on British streets every week. The two sides are not, in fact, the same.

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A classic example of how playing the ‘both sides’ card is a means of avoiding, or even denying, obvious truths. “We can never allow conflict overseas to divide us at home”, Khan says. But only one side imports the conflict here. Only one side targets the other on British streets every week. The two sides are not, in fact, the same.

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