Is UK bucking Europe’s trend of moving to the right?
Use this election to reject the Farage version of Britain. Let’s get our country back
Gordon Brown
June 2024
Reform UK drops candidate revealed to have been BNP member
Exclusive: Raymond Saint, who is standing in Basingstoke, was recorded as BNP member on list published in 2009
Could Nigel Farage become the next Tory leader? In some ways, he already has
Samuel Earle
Rather than providing a check on the far right, the party opened the door to Faragism – and made his fantasies come true, says author Samuel Earle
Nigel Farage’s Reform contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on – but who cares?
John Crace
Nige isn’t here to sell his fantasies, all he’s really selling is himself – along with disaffection and division
April 2024
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Police arrest several men as clashes break out at St George’s Day rally in London – video
Police clash with St George’s Day protesters at central London rally
‘These are crazy stories!’ Riz Ahmed on the south Asian Britons who fought off the far right
No watering-down, no new red tape: it’s time to fully decriminalise abortion in England and Wales
Stella Creasy
The Tory party has lost the plot – and could be bad news for Labour
John Harris
‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster
March 2024
The left is smeared as the angry mob again and again. In reality, it is the target of political violence
Andy Beckett
These threats don’t just seek to intimidate leftwing politicians, it makes them seem a risk to voters, too, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
The threat to MPs is real. But Michael Gove’s empty extremism plans will do nothing to tackle it
Gaby Hinsliff
Politicians should be able to differin their views without their opponents wishing them dead. Can parliament unite around that principle? asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Gove faces legal action threats after suggesting Muslim groups are extremist
‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an abortion clinic
I’m still reeling from Rishi Sunak’s shameless, dangerous speech
Caroline Lucas
January 2024
‘In the face of great evil, you have to stand together’: new stage shows mark historic battle of Cable Street
Four men guilty of violent disorder at Merseyside asylum-seeker protest
Britain risks shift to far right if Labour fails to enact ‘radical change’, says John McDonnell
Starmer must say what he’ll do in power – if he leaves a vacuum, the far right will fill it
