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PARLIAMENT will be packed with even more of David Cameron’s posh pals after May, according to a new exposé of privilege that shows almost half of Tory candidates were privately educated.
A massive 52 per cent of current Tory MPs — including the Eton-educated Prime Minister — came into politics after receiving expensive private schooling.
And a new Sutton Trust dossier discloses how the Bullingdon Club boy is set to be joined by dozens more Tory toffs at the general election.
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
The historic heartland of anti-fascist resistance and mining militancy now faces a new battle — stopping Nigel Farage. ANDREW MURRAY meets ex-Labour MP Beth Winter and former Plaid leader Leanne Wood, the two socialists leading the resistance
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities