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Aye, that's true. My point was just that to claim the UK is Labour party led (in contrast with Italy's neo-fascists) doesn't really work as a contrast because they're not really contrasting. The UK's current Labour party is authoritarian, pro-capital, pro-austerity, anti-welfare state, anti-immigrant, anti-freedom of expression, anti-protest, anti-democracy, pro-Trump, and (indirectly) pro-Farage.
They're not the Labour party any more (although that's been obvious since 1997 when they rebranded as New Labour) but to those who don't follow UK politics they still have the marketing of socialists, of pro-welfare state, of being pro-democracy and pro-worker. That is not the case, and they probably have more in common with Meloni's Brothers of Italy, neo-fascist party, than they do with 20th century Labour from which they are so closely associated.