"Peter Mandelson's exit from public office in disgrace over his links to the millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should have been a low point for the government. Instead, it exposed a leadership in trouble, with further to fall. Sir Keir Starmer defended his ambassador after No 10 had seen the emails that sank him. Whether or not the prime minister read them, the damage is becoming institutionalised."
"Labour looks adrift consumed by infighting as darker forces gather beyond Westminster. At the weekend, more than 110,000 marched through London in Britain's largest far-right rally in decades. Organised by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, and billed as a festival of free speech, it quickly descended into conspiracy theories, Islamophobia and anti-migrant bigotry. There was violence: 26 police officers were injured."
"Stirring the pot was the far-right billionaire Elon Musk, dialling in via video link, who called for the dissolution of parliament and incited violence; the French rightwinger Eric Zemmour pushed the great replacement lie a white nationalist myth of engineered demographic change. Maga hats, US flags and Send them home signs made it feel more Mar-a-Lago than Millbank. The story here is not just scale, though that is striking. It is that the far right is increasingly organised, transnational and opportunistic."
Peter Mandelson's exit over links to Jeffrey Epstein exposed leadership weakness and institutional damage after No 10 viewed emails that sank an ambassador. Labour is consumed by infighting and appears adrift while darker forces mobilise beyond Westminster. More than 110,000 marched in London at a far-right rally organised by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, which descended into conspiracy theories, Islamophobia, anti-migrant bigotry and violence that injured 26 police officers. Elon Musk and Eric Zemmour amplified calls for dissolution of parliament and propagated the great replacement myth. US far-right influencers and funding are strengthening transnational extremist mobilisation.
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