"Boris Johnson has come to power at a moment of high uncertainty. Progressive theories that claimed to divine the future have proved as trustworthy as Roman auguries. Gramsci's belief that the working class makes history has turned out to be right, at least in Britain, but not in the way he and his disciples imagined."
John Gray at the New Statesman explains "Why the left keeps losing."
Monday, January 20, 2020
"Somewhere in the Heavens, the Gods Are Laughing"
Labels:
Boris Johnson,
Britain,
class,
Corbyn,
politics,
sociology,
twenty-first century
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