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The Long Shadow of Thatcherism: How 1979 Still Shapes British Politics
Nearly fifty years after Margaret Thatcher came to power, the assumptions she embedded in British political life remain largely intact — even among those who consider themselves her opponents.
Read more →What the Food Bank Tells Us About Modern Britain
Food banks were supposed to be a temporary response to an emergency. They have become a permanent feature of the British welfare landscape. What does that mean?
Read more →The Novel That Predicted Brexit — And Why Nobody Read It
A 2011 novel by a little-known British writer described, with uncanny accuracy, the political dynamics that would produce the 2016 referendum result. It sold fewer than 2,000 copies.
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