The fash must be bricking it. Paloma Faith, Fontaines D.C. and Lenny Henry are among the musicians, comedians and celebs who have just launched a new alliance, Together Against The Far Right. They’ve got a statement. And a demonstration planned for March next year. Far-right thugs, meet your match. The luvvies are reclaiming the streets.

You probably don’t need me to tell you that this new ‘alliance’ isn’t just railing against what anyone could reasonably call the ‘far right’. You know, the pathetic fringe of racist bottomfeeders who can usually be found crying in Zia Yusuf’s mentions or, much graver still, could be seen smashing windows and screaming slurs in minority areas during last year’s Southport riots. Everyone hates them. 

But it turns out that Paloma’s definition of ‘far right’ is as elastic as her definition of passable popular music. ‘For the first time we face a far-right party topping the polls,’ reads the alliance’s statement. If you’re wondering if you’d briefly slipped into a coma, left blissfully unaware that the BNP had made an........

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