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Lead book review

Daniel Chandler aims to bring new values to British politics – so how will that work out?

Daniel Chandler claims to be a bringer of values, to fill the vacuum at the heart of British politics. Noel Malcolm is unconvinced

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

6 May 2023

9:00 AM

Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? Daniel Chandler

Allen Lane, pp.416, 25

As this country stumbles towards a Labour victory at the next election, the mood on the left remains subdued. The problem is not Keir Starmer’s personal charisma, achingly absent though that may be. No, it lies much deeper than that, in what Tony Benn liked to call the ishoos. The cry goes up from focus groups across the land: what does Labour really stand for? What are its Big Ideas? Does anyone know?

Well, perhaps they will quite soon.

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