Seven years ago, in 2015, I watched Jeremy Corbyn on BBC1 TV, talk about political policies that would benefit the majority of British people, rather than enriching a privileged few. He said things that are considered economic "common sense" in 2022, such as:Austerity “lowers income, lowers wages, lowers income tax, increases demand on welfare because of the levels of poverty … [Read more...] about The conditions that were needed for an alternative political story to reach voters
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The battle for Britain’s story
The story: An experiment in inequality that became an accepted version of events. Britain, over the last 37 years, has been the subject of "the most amazingly interesting natural experiment... Some country had to go and do the thing of saying 'what happens if we go from being one of the most equal countries to the most unequal country in Europe'" according to Danny Dorling, … [Read more...] about The battle for Britain’s story