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Somalis don't deserve support, an MP said, while announcing a tax plan.

SeverityHatefulTreats a group as lesser, dangerous, or not fully human, whether it says so about the group or about one person for belonging to it. Everything at this level.
Who said itRupert Lowe
Who it targetsSomali immigrants / Somali-British people (national origin)
TrackProtected groupsProtected-group hate and political-opponent extremism are counted apart, and neither total is presented as a score against the other. Everything on this track.
What was said

Rupert Lowe, a member of parliament, announced a costed tax plan and added that high earners' money shouldn't go to fund “indolent Somalians on benefits.”

Why it counts

A tax proposal doesn't need a national-origin group named as its counterexample.

Calling an entire nationality indolent and parasitic, then attaching a tax policy to it, treats Somalis as a drain to be legislated against, with nothing left of them as people.

The receipts

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Rupert Lowe

"Income tax - Restore Britain has published our costed plan to extend the basic-rate 20% band to £100,000. If you work hard and earn good money? You should be rewarded for it, not fund indolent Somalians on benefits or a parasitic bureaucracy sucking the life out of Britain."

2026-08-03 · source

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