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While Wednesday night’s glorious anti-fascist turnout up and down the country was a heartening sight, the far right will seek revenge for their humiliation – our anti-racism work needs to kick up a gear, argues LOUISE RAW
Anti -racism protesters demonstrate in Brentford, London, August 7, 2024

SUDDENLY stirring from his slumbers by the indoor pool of his Spanish villa, Tommy Robinson’s ears pricked up.

He leapt from his sun-lounger and ran inside to change out of his Stone Island bathers and pack. The dog whistle had sounded. 

It was November 4 2023, and — while it may not have happened exactly like that — the Home Secretary had effectively summoned Tommy Robinson (something only a court should ever do). 

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