The book examines racism and far-right views among the white working class in Britain, with a special emphasis on the English Defence League (EDL).
[1] Hassan Mahamdallie of The Independent praised how Pai was able to empathise with the hardships of some white working class members of the EDL without sympathising with their political aims.
[2] Conversely, John Lloyd of the Financial Times found the book unbalanced, as it quoted figures from the organisation Cage while strongly criticising the Quilliam think tank.
[3] Musa Okwonga of the New Statesman found the book timely for its release during the 2015 European migrant crisis and reaction by anti-migration groups such as Pegida in Germany.
[4] Lloyd instead pointed to the recent 2016 Brussels bombings and found it unfortunate that Pai had relied on sources by Arun Kundnani, who proposes that Western fear of Islamic terrorism is exaggerated.