Aditya Chakrabortty’s account of his trip to Llanelli made for grim reading about the way in which ministers’ sloganising has shaped the debate, the lived experience of those seeking asylum and the communities called on to host them (This horror story visited on South Wales by Suella Braverman could be coming to a street near you, 24 August).
It was especially depressing that a local anti-racist activist suggested that opposition to the far right was proving difficult because “all our usual sources of moral authority have gone”. He was referring to the churches and the Labour party.
