Godwin's Law aside, isn't this invention of an imagined not fully human enemy in order to generate and focus hatred, thus distracting from real current problems, a defining tactic of certain political movements?
This is where the Conservative Party under Sunak is now? Suela Braverman, Priti Patel, and Sunak just openly preaching BNP pamphlet slogans.
Was Thatcher less awful than these people? She just hated poor people in general. Possibly the Irish, but we could give her that one.