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The electoral system is designed to serve the powers that be
Those who seek radical change must be aware that the ruling class that has used violence and coercion to control the working people of Britain for centuries, says NICOLAS LALAGUNA

ROYAL weddings are an interesting time. They give people the chance to think about how they feel about entitlement and privilege.

If one can shut out the incessant clamour of the mainstream media’s sycophantic mass hysteria, we can take these sorts of opportunities to analyse and discuss exactly what kind of state we live in.

For me, this couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time. In the lead-up to the recent local elections I was talking to a student studying A-level politics about exactly this question.

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