The return of fascism? It never left! It just took the mask off again.
As an institution the guardian is Cool with fascism provided the fascists in charge are Democrats/labour. Watch these kinds of stories return to brunch when the pendulum swings back.
It is a tale as old as liberalism, honestly: Communists that gain a lot of power threaten liberalism, so they must use the fascists to fight them (hell, they do not even have to be communist if they are a big enough threat if the whitewashing of Ukrainian fascists is anything to go by).
"return" 
Love when mainstream news posts their obligatory “im starting to suspect the fash are in the house” after a long few yrs of opening doors for the fash