He's obviously heavily anti-Islam, and, having been forced away from the mainstream, he is becoming increasingly more influenced by those who accept him (i.e. the far right). But, he's still not racist. Note that he says this about Khan because he's Muslim, not because he's brown
I don't think I'm reaching. He is impulsive and bad at articulating what he means, which leads to much misunderstanding. But he also has a history of speaking out against racism. And he has Pakistani friends in Luton. He may be bigoted toward Muslims, but that's not really racism
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His credo is, "Any person born in this country, who shares this country's values, is British regardless of skin colour." He doesn't regard Islam as sharing this country's values, and therefore, he doesn't see people born in this country, who identify as Muslim, as being British.
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