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There was big trouble in London's Chinatown yesterday when every business closed in protest against UK Border Agency (UKBA) collective punishment "fishing" raids in the area.
The popular tourist area ground to a total halt as the government's hard-line Immigration Bill was debated by MPs.
For two hours restaurants, supermarkets, hairdressers and shops in the central London district were deserted as the community took to the streets over a series of draconian immigration raids - 13 local businesses have been invaded by UKBA officers in the last few months.
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets
The left must avoid shouting ‘racist’ and explain that the socialist alternative would benefit all
