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In the UK, we have increasing normalisation by institutions central to reinforcing the status quo, such as corporate media and the electoral system, of such horrific far right views and people that we have Nigel Farage on a reality TV show as Conservatives, including the Prime Minister, court Farage to join them as the Tories descend into attacking each other and resigning because the hate politics and policies - as typified by the vile slogan of "stop the boats" - aren't hateful enough. A Labour party/leader, the so called 'opposition', jumping onto this hateful right wing divide and rule politics, praising Thatcher. Let's stop wasting time building new political parties and trying to change things by tinkering with these institutions and systems of power set-up to reinforce the status quo. The way these views and voices are given such disproportionate space, it's easy to think this represents what most people believe. But it doesn't. It suits the status quo to claim the only way of change is by working in these rigged systems. It's not. There's so many people building new ways of organising, connecting, meeting each other's needs through an ethos of cooperation, interdependence, non-hierarchy, solidarity and care.