Labour’s Islamophobia U-turn is a rebuke to the Left

Labour’s Islamophobia U-turn is a rebuke to the Left

Earlier this year, the Labour government established a new working group to provide a working definition of Islamophobia. Now, however, Steve Reed, who replaced Angela Rayner as communities secretary last month, has hinted at a retreat of sorts. Next week he will be handed recommendations from the working group set up by his predecessor to define what constitutes discrimination and prejudice towards Muslims. Reed has said that people have the ri…