Keir Starmer concerned about ‘challenge’ of far right

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Keir Starmer concerned about ‘challenge’ of far right

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Sir Keir Starmer has said delivering on the government’s promises is the best way to deal with “the snake oil of populism and nationalism”.

Speaking on a visit to Berlin, the prime minister said he was concerned about the “challenge” of far-right populism and the issue was something that “occupies my time”.

In his first month in No 10, Sir Keir faced a wave of riots across England and Northern Ireland fuelled by far-right, anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation online.

The PM said his concern stemmed partly from this summer’s unrest in the ***, as well as the situation in other ********* countries including France and Germany, which have seen far-right parties make significant gains.

Sir Keir travelled to Paris on Wednesday evening for the Paralympics Opening Ceremony, where he will also meet President Emmanuel Macron.

It comes after a visit to Berlin,

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, covering issues including trade, energy security and tackling ******** immigration.

The meetings are part of the government’s attempt to “reset” relations with Europe after Brexit.

President Macron dissolved the country’s parliament following June’s ********* elections, after the far-right National Rally topped the vote in France.

In Germany, the far-right anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) won 16% of the vote, beating Mr Scholz’s centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD).

Speaking to reporters in Berlin on Wednesday, Sir Keir said the *** needed to be “alive” to the challenge of populism and nationalism.

“I think that the challenge has to be met by democracy and by progressives, and we have to have a ****** discussion about what that means across Europe and beyond, which I’m very keen to pursue with progressive parties,” he said.

“And ultimately, I think that delivery and honesty is the best player dealing with the snake oil of populism and nationalism, which is why I set out the tough measures I did yesterday in my speech, but also why I’m absolutely determined that we’re going to deliver on the promises that we’ve made.”

He added: “It’s about a disaffection in politics, the easy answer is appealing if people don’t think there’s a better answer, and so progressives have to provide the better answer.”

Sir Keir previously condemned this summer’s unrest in the *** as “far-right thuggery”.

In a speech in the Downing Street rose garden on Tuesday, the PM said the riots “revealed a deeply unhealthy society… weakened by a decade of division and decline, infected by a spiral of populism which fed off cycles of ******** of the last government”.

The disorder erupted following the spread of misinformation about the fatal stabbing of three young ****** in Southport, with false speculation that the suspect was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the *** on a boat.

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