Social media has been alight this week with responses to two incidents of racism from prominent politicians: first from a Tory MP and then from liberal poster boy Emmanuel Macron. In today’s world, where sensitivity to racism has never been so acute, how is it – Ben Gliniecki asks – that leading politicians still manage to unthinkingly spout such racist remarks?

With Trump’s electoral victory, cries of “fascism!” again fill the air. But whilst Donald Trump is a crass, bigoted, billionaire businessman, he is not a fascist. The secret to his win was the lesser-evil policy of the “left” leaders. With no class-independent alternative provided by Bernie Sanders, uninspired Americans stayed home, sick and tired of betrayal by the Democrats.

Today, 4th October, marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a momentous event in which the working people of London united to deliver a decisive blow against the menace of British fascism.