After so many avoidable mistakes, of course people are angry. But with the far right looming, we need action not despair
John McDonnell is the MP for Hayes and Harlington. He was shadow chancellor for Labour from 2015 to 2020
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he Labour party is facing one of the most dangerous moments in its history, possibly an existential threat. Not only is it adrift in the polls, losing one council byelection after another, and with a leader whose popularity has plummeted; but the main threat comes from the xenophobic hard right in the shape of Reform UK.
Labour has to wake up to this threat and seize the moment. It must take five basic steps to recovery:
