Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY

STEPHEN ARNELL looks at some of the notorious political corruption cases from British history

ENRIQUE SANTIAGO ROMERO says the Colombian far-right’s election victory is deeply suspect — and the United States has its fingerprints all over it
 

Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS

If Labour continues to abandon the promise of economic hope and security, Reform will keep filling the vacuum in communities once considered its heartlands, argues IAN LAVERY MP

The Starmer project is going up in smoke – but if the left cannot swiftly build a viable alternative, the country faces the grim reality of a hard-right takeover, says ANDREW MURRAY

Over 30 years since apartheid was abolished, nasty anti-migrant rhetoric sweeps the corporate media. The Commnunist Party is ready to fight back, says ROGER McKENZIE

CLAUDIA CIOBANU writes on the fan-run club pushing back against Poland’s far-right football culture

On the day of the election, MARTIN GOLLAN reflects on the perennial relationship between the far-right and the back-hander

Meanwhile, far-right Reform UK projected to gain around 1,550 representatives

Gavin O’Toole talks to anti-racism researcher HARRY SHUKMAN about the rise of the far right