Labour must challenge nationalist ideas
The media, the political establishment and probably some in the Labour right want a UKIP victory in the Oldham West by-election on Thursday 3 December in order to destabilise Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and prove left-wing politics cannot be popular. There is a big campaign to boost UKIP and thus boost the possibility of it winning. Obviously, this campaign is not built on nothing. Socialists canvassing in Oldham confirm that right-wing and nationalist attitudes are widespread among former and current Labour voters. UKIP already had 20 per cent of the vote in May’s election, coming second...