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Britain must push back against America's rising tide of fascism

Plus: Share our petition to ban Musk from the UK, all the latest from our award-winning team in the North, and hypocrisy and defections in Reform Watch.

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The Lead and Zoe Grunewald
Sep 18, 2025
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