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Until Labour is prepared to fight, the far‑right will keep taking ground

Plus: Farage has "no idea", a whistleblower's account from inside Blackpool's Metropole Hotel, and our recommendations for what to read and listen to this week.

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Zoe Grunewald and The Lead
Jul 24, 2025
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Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington speaks to reporters. Pic: Essex Police

The images from Epping this week are frightening, but they are not inevitable.

A small, organised faction of far‑right agitators has been waiting for moments like this, prowling the edges of public anger, desperate to turn fear into violence.

What began as local outrage after an a…

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