“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci’s words, written in prison near Bari almost 100 years ago, ring out to us now. The politi

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→ Walk through parliament and barely a wall is clear of portraits and paintings harking back to hundreds of years of tradition. Sitting in Ed Davey’s office is a somewhat different experience. On the

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The blunders, mishaps and poor performance of the current government have led to nostalgia for the golden years of New Labour under Tony Blair. In reality, Blair’s government made decisions that have

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