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Far-right leader Tommy Robinson speaks to police officers as he arrives at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London, ahead of a pro-Palestinian protest march which is taking place from Hyde Park to the US embassy in Vauxhal, November 11, 2023
COMMUNIST PARTY general secretary Robert Griffiths has warned of a revival of far-right and fascist street-gangs in Britain encouraged by Conservative nationalist MPs at Westminster.
His comments came after many Conservative MPs had voted against a ceasefire in Gaza and called for Britain to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, breaking international law on refugees.
He told the party’s political committee on Thursday night: “Clearly, there are elements on the Tory back benches whose commitment to democratic and human rights — whether in Britain or Palestine — is zero.
The electoral cost of Labour’s stance on Gaza is impossible to ignore – the new leadership must take heed, argues PETER LEARY
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
In the run-up to the Communist Party congress in November ROB GRIFFITHS outlines a few ideas regarding its participation in the elections of May 2026