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CRaB LONG READ: English nationalism, progressive politics and the Labour Party
The question of Englishness – broadly, what should and can be done culturally and politically about ‘the English’ today – doesn’t appear to be going anywhere, in both senses of that phrase. It remains a point of lively discussion among journalists, politicians, academics and the general public, but with any satisfactory answer to the question seemingly as far away as ever. The perceived character, failures and promise of Englishness have of course long been analysed and debated, but it was New Labour’s devolution of powers to the smaller nations of the UK that is widely considered to have ignited the
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