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From Islamist terror to feminist equal pay campaigns and the apparent Brexit hate crime epidemic, identity politics seems to be everywhere nowadays. This is not entirely an accident. The progressive liberal-left, which dominates our public life, has taken on the politics of race, gender, religion and sexuality as a key part of its own group identity — and has used its dominance to embed them into our state and society.

In The Tribe, Ben Cobley guides us around the 'system of diversity' which has resulted, exploring the consequences of offering favour and protection to some people but not others based on things like skin colour and gender. He looks at how this system has almost totally captured the Labour Party and is spreading relentlessly around our other major institutions. He also looks at how it is capturing our language, appropriating key terms like ‘equality’, ‘tolerance’ and ‘inclusion’, while denying a voice to those who do not play along.

The system of diversity makes a challenge to us all: submit, or risk exclusion from society itself.
Credit: Robert Tombs, Professor of History, Cambridge Uni

"a wonderfully lucid and convincing book, and also brave."

Jul 6, 2018

https://www.economist.com/bagehots-notebook/2018/07/06/labour-is-no-longer-the-party-of-the-traditional-working-class?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/

Source: The Economist

Credit: Bagehot

"An intriguing new book..."

Aug 3, 2018

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/diversity-the-new-favouritism/21612#.W2RvM7gnbIU

Source: Spiked

Credit: Jon Holbrook

"The strength of The Tribe is Cobley's recognition of the prevalence of this system [of diversity] and of the harm it brings to the institutions that practise it... [The] book is brave for daring to challenge the machine-like system of diversity... The Tribe is essential reading for those hoping to strike a blow against this divisive system."

Aug 9, 2018

http://allinbritain.org/the-tribe/

Source: All in Britain

Credit: Tarjinder Wilkinson

"Ben Cobley's book... is a must read for anyone who is trying to make sense of the issues and fault lines in UK politics today."

Sep 6, 2018

https://quillette.com/2018/09/06/the-system-of-diversity/

Source: Quillette

Credit: Helen Dale

"I maintain The Tribe to be among the most valuable books published this year… [It] is an articulate, scrupulously fair but nonetheless root-and-branch attack on the 'system and administration of diversity', not only in UK Labour but also in other British institutions, including the civil service and the BBC… People of all political persuasions should read it."

Apr 20, 2019

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/are-you-culture-compliant-

Source: The Spectator

Credit: James Delingpole

"[A] wickedly acerbic analysis..."

Apr 3, 2021

https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1378427993324974083?s=20

Source: Twitter

Credit: Professor Matthew Goodwin

'I pulled this little nugget from Ben Cobley's fabulous book The Tribe:

"One recent Labour Party rulebook contained 139 mentions of women, 43 of ethnic, 41 of BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic), 26 of gender and 11 of race — but only two of class."

Cobley was well ahead of the curve. I strongly recommend his book.'
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- Publication Date: 01 July 2018
- ISBN-13: 9781845409753
- Product Content: Text (eye-readable)
- Extent: Main content page count : 250
- Code: 9781845409753
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.4 cm
- Weight: 330 grams
- Packaging Type: No outer packaging
- List Price: £14.95
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Title: The Tribe
Subtitle: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity
Author: Ben Cobley
Collection: Societas
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Imprint: Societas

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