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Class denialism is the creed of the metropolitan elite

Michael Lind
Neoliberal no longer: Johnson’s task is to forge a cross-class compromise
© JAMES VEYSEY/SHUTTERSTOCK; HARISH TYAGI/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK; RAJAT GUPTA/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK

After leading the Conservatives to a resounding victory, Boris Johnson brought about Brexit. But the greatest challenge for the old Etonian lies ahead: in ending the new class war.

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