It has been a grim week. The reality that even a small minority is prepared to engage in violence, bringing racist language and acts to our streets, is something we must confront – by prosecuting those involved and challenging the ideas of the far right.

We must also step back and challenge the story they tell about our country. For their own ends, politicians and commentators on the right claim that we are seeing a wider backlash against liberalism – as if the idea of toleration of those different........

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