Machine politics in the age of Starmer
The Prime Minister’s image as a pragmatist belies the ideological reality of his administration.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
John Gray is an author and contributing writer to the New Statesman. His latest book is The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism (Allen Lane).
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