Don’t discount Reform because it's had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happen | John Harris
Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianOpinionLabourDon’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happenJohn HarrisNigel Farage’s tactics are to play up the anxiety and resentment that people feel. Labour’s job is simple: to offer hope and changeSun 20 Sep 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 03.02 EDTShareDespite the energised start Andy Burnham has made as prime minister, plenty of his party’s MPs and hardcore activists are still haunted by a familiar sense of insecurity.
- ▪Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianOpinionLabourDon’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad year.
- ▪In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happenJohn HarrisNigel Farage’s tactics are to play up the anxiety and resentment that people feel.
- ▪Labour’s job is simple: to offer hope and changeSun 20 Sep 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 03.02 EDTShareDespite the energised start Andy Burnham has made as prime minister, plenty of his party’s MPs and hardcore activists ar
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Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianView image in fullscreen Illustration: Nathalie Lees/The GuardianOpinionLabourDon’t discount Reform because it’s had a bad year. In our angry, fragile democracy, anything can happenJohn HarrisNigel Farage’s tactics are to play up the anxiety and resentment that people feel. Labour’s job is simple: to offer hope and changeSun 20 Sep 2026 03.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 03.02 EDTShareDespite the energised start Andy Burnham has made as prime minister, plenty of his party’s MPs and hardcore activists are still haunted by a familiar sense of insecurity. Underpinned by a political version of impostor syndrome, it runs deep – and, bar the odd spell of Labour optimism, it always has.
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