The grifters behind the Southport riot are only getting started – and they have a voice in parliament
Gaby Hinsliff
Keir Starmer has taken the first step: swift justice for those directly guilty of violence. What’s needed next will be harder, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Europe’s far-right surge has a lesson for Labour: fix the NHS to see off Farage
Catherine De Vries
Our research shows how the far right exploits voter discontent with crumbling public services – and what Keir Starmer must doto stop it, says Catherine De Vries of Bocconi University
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After the killing of three little girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, the town was in mourning. But after rumours and disinformation flooded social media a riot broke out. Josh Halliday reports
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