JOE BESWICK of the London Renters Union talks to the Morning Star’s new Left on Record programme
Fascists don’t speak for Christianity
Far right claims to be ‘standing up for Christian Britain’ are false and aimed at stoking up hate – but Christians must step forward and loudly speak out against them, says SYMON HILL

THIS week I have listened to the most racist speech I have ever heard from a Christian minister in Britain.
As of yesterday, a talk by Canon Phil Harris had been viewed more than 1.8 million times on YouTube. On various social media sites, it has received a string of approving comments from far-right viewers, some of them identifying themselves as Christians.
To be clear: Phil Harris belongs to a breakaway Anglican grouping. He is not ordained in the Church of England or any other major Christian denomination. While I am often critical of the Church of England’s leaders, Harris’s catalogue of misleading myths and unsubstantiated allegations is on a different level.
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