I feel increasingly disgusted by the empty rigmarole of the official general election campaign. This is a moment that cries out for a proper contest over the kind of country we want to live in. Yet the real possibility of a no-deal Brexit, the need to forge a new social contract, and the deepening divides in our society, economy and union are challenges that seem completely beyond our shipwrecked political class.
Thankfully, signs of hope are beginning to spring up from the grassroots. Citizens are realising that if we want a better politics, we can no longer outsource our hopes and dreams to the miserable prisoners of the Westminster bubble. Public passions have seldom run higher; but today’s parties fail to channel them effectively. So people are starting to flock to new movements and platforms that offer fresh ways of thinking and acting, independent of the old political cartels.
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