ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 11 November: In a TV interview, prime minister Keir Starmer says that decades-old racism is returning to politics and divisive, hard-right policies are ‘tearing our country apart’. (Guardian, 11 November 2025) 13 November: Reform UK appoints Matthew Goodwin, who says being born and brought up in the UK does not
28 October – 11 November 2025 We publish today a new IRR briefing paper aimed at providing community sector voices, concerned politicians and policy makers with an overview of trends on the far Right, also examining developments in electoral politics, and international hard Right movements, that serve to amplify far-right themes. The last six months
ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY 29 October: The prime minister says Vietnamese nationals arriving irregularly will be fast-tracked for deportation, under an agreement with the Vietnamese government. (Guardian, 29 October 2025) 30 October: Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party has no plans to deport legally settled families and that there were no plans to
This briefing paper is aimed at providing community sector voices, concerned politicians and policy makers with an overview of trends on the far Right, also examining developments in electoral politics, and international hard Right movements, that serve to amplify far-right themes. The last six months have seen far-right manipulation of protests outside asylum accommodation,
14 – 28 October 2025 As predicted, the toxic atmosphere unleashed by far-right mischief makers on social media, extremists on the streets and their appeasement via a Dutch auction between Labour and Tories as to which can ‘reduce numbers’ the fastest and the most, has led to unprecedented levels of racial harassment and attack. In
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 17 October: A study published in the European Journal of Political Research finds that the political mainstream is partly responsible for the success of far-right parties due to the adoption of their topics and rhetoric, which amplifies their appeal. (EU Observer, 17 October 2025) 17 October: Portugal’s parliament approves a bill,
Mukhtar Dar, a founder of Sheffield Asian Youth Movement, political artist and activist, and now director at Kalaboration Arts reflects on shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick’s observations about Birmingham Handsworth’s lack of whiteness and, hence, integration. After moving to Birmingham in 1985 and joining the Birmingham Asian Youth Movement, he offers a perspective through
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY See also Anti-Terrorism and National Security for details of the North Manchester synagogue attack 3 October: Following an attack on a North Manchester synagogue that left two dead, the home secretary tells the media that the behaviour of those going ahead, in its aftermath, with planned protests in support of Palestine
Bill Rolston reflects on the importance of international solidarity today in the context of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza and explains why such a resonance exists between Ireland and Palestine, as explored in his latest Race & Class article. When the Sumud flotilla left Barcelona at the start of September heading for Gaza, there
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 20 September: At the Lib Dem annual conference, former leader Tim Farron says that those who hijack the national flag to try to insist on a narrow definition of Britishness or patriotism or who used the emblems to ‘intimidate and terrify’ do not truly love the country. (Guardian, 20 September 2025)
