Nigel Biggar was a nobody, politically speaking, until he decided to embrace racism. A theologian with an obscure career writing about ethics.
By 2021, for embracing racism, he'd been awarded a CBE.
In 2024, for embracing racism, he was nominated to be a Peer of the Realm by the Tory Party.
The words pot and kettle spring to mind.
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