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Writing a First Draft of History

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You Want a White Ethnic State?

A clip of you interviewing the American white supremacist, Richard Spencer, for Channel 4 went viral. Did you agonize over whether interviewing Spencer gave him a platform? And how did you reach that decision? I think it's important not to give oxygen to people like that. My aim was to be tough, but to allow him to speak,. But he quickly descended into a range of insults. He said: "You'll never be an Englishman. You don't get to tell me what I will think"

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