British politics is in crisis: the economy is flatlining, nothing seems to work, housing is unaffordable, and many people are struggling to make ends meet. Uninspired by what was on offer, turnout dropped to a record low at the last general election, and since then, support for the Conservative and Labour parties (which have dominated British politics for a century) is collapsing.
There is a huge opportunity for the left to capitalise on this disenchantment and offer real policy solutions where racist scapegoating of migrants is currently filling the void.
A growing number of people are clearly concerned by an increasingly emboldened hard-right movement that stretches from the blazer-clad presentation of Nigel Farage to the street mobilisations inspired by Tommy Robinson.
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