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Suella Braverman’s Resignation Could Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to...
On 13 November, Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary in a move that took few by surprise. Days earlier, on Armistice Day, far-right activists and football hooligans, led by former English...
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That’s It, Marine Le Pen Is Writing France’s Laws Now
If historians are ever tasked with documenting the far-right’s march to power in 21st-century France, the immigration bill passed last week – described by French human rights groups as “the most...
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Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan...
Dozens of people blocked a coach in south London to stop it from taking asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm “prison” barge against their will on Thursday morning. Activists gathered outside a hotel...
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Farewell, Rwanda
Stop all the clocks! Cancel the annual leave! After a day of fevered speculation on Wednesday (was it time for a Cabinet reshuffle? Could Rishi Sunak be premiering a new bob?), the prime minister stood...
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Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child...
In the centre of Paris’s 11th arrondissement (district), a hip area known for its younger crowds and lively bars, stands the Maison des Metallos. A brass sculpture of a lyre sits atop the tall metal...
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‘I’m Not Angry, I’m Disappointed’: What Voters in Reform’s Top Town Really Think
Westminster media wisdom has it that the projected voters for the rightwing Reform party are either simply “angry” or don’t exist. Yet a visit to the town where Reform needs swings of just 4.5% and...
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Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right
Labour’s manifesto launch last week was billed as deliberately boring. We were warned there would be no new policies and no surprises and indeed there weren’t, as the party attempts to project...
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Labour is Still Letting The Far Right Set The Agenda
It’s one day to go until we see 14 years of Tory rule overturned. Which is why I don’t want to be a doom monger; I think living standards under Labour will incrementally improve for lots of people. But...
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How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots?
On Wednesday afternoon, towns and cities across England shut down. Shops were boarded up in Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Aldershot, Westcliff-on-Sea and parts of London in anticipation of a...
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We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’
Ever since the far-right riots began tearing through the country two weeks ago, the British establishment has been tying itself in knots trying to interpret them. Within days, politicians, police and...
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