EMILY THORNBERRY slammed the “politics of hatred” represented by Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro at the launch of the Brazil Solidarity Initiative on Tuesday night.

The shadow foreign secretary addressed over 350 people, who had queued in the cold outside the House of Commons for nearly an hour, at the launch of the new campaign, which will stand shoulder to shoulder with millions of Brazilians resisting the rise of the far right in their country.

Chair Richard Burgon, Labour’s shadow justice secretary, opened the meeting by warning: “The threat of Bolsonaro can’t be underestimated,” pointing out that “he’s a long-time supporter of the military dictatorship in Brazil.”