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Ken Loach Blames Elite Funding Far-Right, Decries Left Infighting

5/17/2026

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Ken Loach, at Cannes for his restored 4K *Land and Freedom*, said wealthy elites fund the far right and mainstream parties recycle right-wing rhetoric.
He condemned the new socialist movement by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana for infighting that wasted a chance to unite the left.
The movement claimed 800,000 supporters, three times a typical party’s size.
Loach said filmmakers must engage politics and warned Gaza-war critics risk professional consequences.

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Ken Loach, at Cannes for his restored 4K *Land and Freedom*, said wealthy elites fund the far right and mainstream parties recycle right-wing rhetoric.
He condemned the new socialist movement by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana for infighting that wasted a chance to unite the left.
The movement claimed 800,000 supporters, three times a typical party’s size.
Loach said filmmakers must engage politics and warned Gaza-war critics risk professional consequences.