What this proved, Starmer explained, was that Labour is the party of “national renewal”, “secure borders” and of listening to “reasonable concerns about immigration”. His criticisms of Farage were an attempt to win over his voter base, whose views he portrayed as both legitimate and the genuine voice of the working class. Starmer’s attack on Reform UK was then linked to Farage’s perceived unreliability on economic and foreign policy issues. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been forced to reluctantly lead the formation of a new party, into which all hopes for a left-wing challenge against Starmer are being channelled. Fighting back will require the mobilisation of the full social force of the international working class.