From Clacton, to Washington, to Silvertown: the many engines of Britain's new Far Right

Introducing The Drift, our new column tracking the rise and rise of the extreme right in the UK.

The story of the first months of the new Labour era, as told by our colleagues in the media and hammered home by politicians, was an alarming one. Within weeks of a progressive prime minister moving into Downing Street, ordinary streets across the country erupted in racist violence. Mobs trashed shops and libraries, rioters attacked police and passersby…