‘History is repeating itself’: fight against far-right in London’s East End goes on | Far right

“The East End of London is the far right’s prime target – the essence of everything they don’t like. They feel if they can march through our borough with impunity, they can go anywhere. For them, it’s like Wembley (stadium), it’s the ultimate goal,” said Glyn Robbins, co-founder of United East End, an anti-far right…

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‘He’s one of the few politicians who likes crypto’: my day with the UK tech bros hosting Nigel Farage | Cryptocurrencies

It is a grey morning in Shadwell, east London. But inside the old shell of Tobacco Dock, the gloom gives way to pulsating neon lights, flashy cars and cryptocurrency chatter. Evangelists for Web3, a vision for the next era of the internet, have descended on the old trading dock to network for two days. For…

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The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones

Has the grisly race to the bottom in British politics finally been halted by a Green surge? Since Zack Polanski secured the Green party leadership with an emphatic 85% vote share on an unashamedly leftwing platform, the political consensus has faced its biggest challenge since the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. When Polanksi launched his…

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Reeves has mountain to climb in budget after borrowing rise | Government borrowing

Rachel Reeves has already seen the most significant numbers setting the backdrop for next month’s budget – the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) forecasts for five years’ time, when her fiscal rules are judged. But September’s public finances data, published on Tuesday, will hardly have lightened the mood in No 11 as she draws up…

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