Hsiao-Hung Pai, Owen Jones, Dan Trilling and Ash Sarkar on 'Angry White People'

In Angry White People (Zed Books) award-winning author and investigative journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai delves deep into the day-to-day lives of the most marginalised section of the white working class. In this fantastically daring book, she follows a group of individuals caught up in the wave of far-right street movements in the UK beginning in 2009. Among these are Darren, who took part in the formation of the English Defence League but who left it after two years; a Reading-based activist nicknamed Viking, who once occupied the cathedral in Derby in order to assert his right to carry a sword, and the infamous Tommy Robinson, founder of the EDL, whom Pai saw change from a young, foul-mouthed Luton lad to a well-received, suited and booted, Oxford Union guest speaker. Pai uncovers that their ideologies are not an aberration in modern British society, quite the contrary, they are constantly reproduced, rejuvenated and mainstreamed by the media and politicians. To discuss the book Hsiao-Hung Pai will be joined by Owen Jones, Guardian columnist and author of The Establishment and Chavs, Daniel Trilling, author of Bloody Nasty People and editor of New Humanist magazine, and Ash Sarkar from Novara Media.

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[wildcatguy]

Not a prole in sight, just the intersectional bourgeoisie living in the moment...

[CaptainGrimes]

This looks like the dinner party from hell. So awkward and middle class.

[JerDog]

I wonder how an "Angry brown people" book would go down...

[sjacrane]

I’m so glad this book has come out. It’s so true and it’s not as if there’s any such thing as angry black people, or angry Asian people etc. Because coming out with a book with those titles would be unacceptable and racist and untrue. Only white people are angry and racist. In fact we need to apologise for being born and taking up space.

[briankidd]

Immigration is the problem; immigrants telling natives how to think, what to say, when their tenure and connection to this country is paper thin.

[andrewmartin]

These people earn their living from writing, yet none of them seems to know the difference between a noun and an adjective.

[ChrisInToon]

Oh dear these folks should feel silly in wake of Manchester attacks, but of course they do not, they have zero shame. Sincerely middle class guy.

[stephenobrien]

She doesn't think Choudary is a hate preacher. Watch her video with him. She did zilch research, what a dope.

[LionelWitchieWardrob]

And this Taiwanese woman knows about the reasons for the frustrations of working class white people, largely men, in Britain because?

[engleberthumperdinktheglor]

What a shame that you see the working class in this light

[dirkbogarde]

So many people on this panel to little time.

[pauljr]

Yes we are angry and we are coming for you

[richardneedham]

Ash islike the beautiful left wing version of katie Hopkins to me...
Make of that what you want

[johnmorgan]

Coz day iz da rite wing patriutz und it mi cuntri coz we iz brain washed by owa rich masterz und wi fall for divide and conqure tacits.

[craigmullen]

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[idratherbeaphilthanajustin]

And the residents of China and India/Pakistan would put up with being called 'angry I DON'T THINK SO! They are the most racist/undiverse places anywhere. Disingenous are these people.

[matthewblott]

I just read Rod Liddle's scathing review of this book and its author and thought he might have gone a bit over the top as is his wont. So a quick search to find out a bit more about her latest project has lead me here. And from watching this and what I've read elsewhere it seems Liddle is on the money.

[roblittlewood]

did ash sarker confess to enjoy trolling ??

[Notallowed]

They are fucking drinking wine. says it all

[vindolanda]

If Ms Pai doesn't understand the question at 43:30 then she is not qualified to write a book on this topic surely?