The polls that regularly appear on the pages of the right-wing press, frequently rely on loaded questions, selective statistics and audiences already primed to agree with the publication’s editorial position.
The longer-term political consequences of the pandemic’s spread of fringe beliefs are visible in the evolution of Reform UK. Its anti-lockdown positioning provided Nigel Farage with a means to reconnect with disaffected voters and reassert his political relevance, much as he had done, with notable success, during the Brexit campaign.
“It would make it easier for British companies to trade, collaborate and hire, and it would help restore the confidence international investors once had in the UK as a gateway to Europe.”
Further demonstrations are set to take place today
‘Regardless of what the rioters believe they are representing, their actions are not supported by the British public, with 85% of Britons opposing the unrest at recent protests’
Farage posted a video online speculating on the background of the alleged killer shortly after the knife attack took place last week.
‘It makes me heartbroken to think that children will miss out on an opportunity to read and explore new books and stories in a community space which is meant to be safe for them and their families’
The far-right are no more representative of Christianity than they are of Britain or of the working class. We must stand up and say so.
How the far-right has capitalised on the ‘two-tier policing’ myth
The group says that it invites ‘everyone to join us in fostering positive change and addressing the challenges our country faces’.
Angela Rayner said repealing the legislation was the first part of the party’s plan to “reset industrial relations so they are fit for a modern economy”
The ‘aims of our union and the labour movement are compromised and weakened if the agenda of race war beats the fight for working-class unity’.
Mick Lynch calls for a “movement-wide response so that we do not allow such vile shows of racism to divide working class unity”
