After a period of accommodating to what passes for the policies for Nigel Farage and Reform UK, it’s good to see Keir Starmer come out and clearly oppose them (‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns, 30 September). However, words on a conference platform are only a start. If the drift to the right in British politics is to be halted, Labour will need to end its obsessive factional war with the left and work with forces at the grassroots – in workplaces, pubs and cafes, communities – who are challenging Reform day in and day out.
Keith Flett
Tottenham, London
This Fletter appeared in the Guardian on 1st October 2025. It’s what I suppose might be called a transitional demand Fletter….
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