• Darkard@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Accounts based in Russia posted lies about the motive for the arson attacks targeting Starmer, which were spread by figures such as far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson.

    Wow… No way… The supposedly grass roots, organic rise of far right sentiment is being driven by foreign nations hostile to us and who have been found performing acts of sabotage before and funding far right political leaders?

    Shocker…

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Far right movements are usually started by the domestic bourgeoisie in an attempt to counter rising class consciousness and left-wing solidarity. It’s certainly possible that Russia is amplifying those voices, but the root of the problem is, as always, the aristocracy.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      The supposedly grass roots, organic rise of far right sentiment

      British right wing nationalism has been around for a while