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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Walters

EXPLAINED: Why starmer launched his attack on racist farage | Vintage Vibes

It is often said that the best way for a politician to succeed is not by defining who they are but by defining their enemies.

It worked for Margaret Thatcher with her stated “enemy within” – as she called miners’ leader Arthur Scargill.

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