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September 6, 2012

The Hollow Center of British Politics

Rafael Behr, New Statesman

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The Tory party is losing faith in David Cameron. The coalition seems brittle and without purpose. And Labour has yet to offer a coherent alternative. Have our politicians stopped speaking to the voters in a language they understand?

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