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JEREMY CORBYN urged the public yesterday to direct their anger at the Tories and their cuts rather than immigrants in the run-up to the EU referendum.
The Labour leader blamed the EU for lowering living standards across the rest of Europe, but warned that pressure on infrastructure would not vanish in the event of a Brexit.
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, Mr Corbyn countered criticisms that Labour’s EU referendum campaign has done little to address concerns over immigration, arguing that the far right was exploiting problems created by Tory government failures.
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP