In public debate, the idea abounds that Britain is being torn apart by extremism. In the wake of George Galloway’s by-election victory in Rochdale, Rishi Sunak took the unusual step of telling us so from a podium on the steps of Downing Street. Pronouncements from the steps of No10 are usually reserved for the first words of an incoming Prime Minister or the last words of an outgoing one. Or to refer to some highly significant specific event – for example, calling a General Election. So, for Rishi Sunak to use such a platform simply to announce that he was going, in due course, to unveil an “e…
