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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn, Kiran Stacey and Pippa Crerar

Neil Kinnock warns Labour to heed nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage

Neil Kinnock and Rachel Reeves
Neil Kinnock with the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, at the Welsh Labour manifesto launch last week. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Neil Kinnock has warned his party not to ignore the nationalist threat posed by Nigel Farage, as concern grows in Labour ranks that Reform UK could pose a long-term threat for them as well as for the Conservatives.

The former Labour leader told the Guardian he wanted Labour to turn its guns on Farage’s party in the final week of the election campaign, saying the populist right could gain a stronghold in the UK as it has across much of Europe.

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