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Morons from far-right group Patriotic Alternative face abti-fascist counter-protest outside the Beresford Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, which houses refugees in February 25, 2023
IF THE left cannot offer an alternative to the status quo “fascism beckons,” former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned the Matchwomen’s Festival in London’s East End.
Mr Corbyn and his wife Laura Alvarez did their first ever joint interview with Matchwomen’s Festival founder and historian Louise Raw on Saturday.
Labour in its current form was no alternative to the government at all, Ms Alvarez said. “Jeremy was the leader for five years in the Labour Party, and he couldn’t change the corruption inside the party. We need to carry on fighting and challenging this corrupt government — and right-wing MPs wherever they are.”
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY