Night of the ghost fascism - The Critic

My piece yesterday on the mysterious disappearance of the Far Right - and reality

Did you know that the UK defeated fascism on Wednesday? Blink and you might have missed it, but newspapers were swift to record The Battle of Britain, August 7, 2024 — history ready to be clipped and filed away, handed to the grandkids one day. 

“Night anti-hate marchers faced down the thugs”, ran The Daily Mail’s front page, The Times’ equivalent reading “Thousands take to street to confront far right”. Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary, took to X to proclaim: “The history of our town is working class people who have driven the far right out of town over and over again for 100 years. Our community sent that message again last night.”

Full piece here.