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The Tories are the party of crony capitalism
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THIS month Michael Gove gave a speech at Policy Exchange. The speech was boosted much further than the average Tory think tank talk: the Daily Mail headline read Gove’s Crony Capitalists Crackdown: He Declares War on Fat Cat Executives Who Have ‘Rigged the System’ to Build Huge Fortunes.
Attacking the worst aspects of capitalism is a familiar ritual for Tory wannabe leaders. In 2010 David Cameron gave a speech, also decrying “crony capitalism.”
On becoming Prime Minister in 2016, Theresa May gave a speech saying she would fix the “burning injustice” of unfairness to poor and black British people, take on the “powerful,” the “mighty” and the “wealthy.”
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