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These strikes will define the future of Britain
The Tories are trying to wreck the country beyond repair before the next election through authoritarian legislation and driving down pay by gutting public-sector wages. That’s why the strike wave must win, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

THE Tories are already fighting the next general election while remaking Britain into some sort of US Republican 1950s version of society.
The Tories have promoted the issue of refugees and migrants crossing the Channel, in a dog-whistle political campaign aiming to shore up their vote.
Other issues of racism have come to the fore, including the use of discriminatory stop and search (overwhelmingly done by the Metropolitan Police) as well as strip-searching mainly black children in our schools.
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