In my pre-parliamentary days, when I helped shape Shell’s future business strategy through scenario planning, a psychological technique my team used was trick pictures showing totally different stories depending on how one perceived them. They are a good metaphor for current UK politics.
Looked at in one way there is stasis: the – supposed – return to two-party politics defined by tribal allegiances. A century-long ideological struggle between proponents of capitalism and socialism embedded in the Conservatives and Labour.
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