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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on the London demo
THOUSANDS of anti-racist protesters demonstrated across the country at the weekend against Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s Illegal Migration Bill and the racism it feeds.
The demonstrations against racism and bigotry of all kinds were organised by Stand Up to Racism (SUTR), and the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), drawing support and speakers from across organised labour, as well as charities and organisations supporting refugees here and abroad.
In London, 12,000 protesters marched on Downing Street, taking their clear message that “No human being is illegal” to the heart of government, as the Tories drive forward controversial legislation that will leave refugees who have travelled to this country by “irregular” routes to be automatically ineligible to claim asylum.
May elections will soon be upon us and SABBY DHALU calls for a maximum mobilisation, across Britain, to defeat Reform UK and the right at the ballot box
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
