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Andy Beckett was born in 1969. He studied modern history at Oxford University and journalism at the University of California in Berkeley. He is a feature writer at the Guardian, and also writes for the London Review of Books and the New York Times magazine. He lives in London.

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We have entered a new age of political rhetoric – and that’s bad news for Keir Starmer | Andy Beckett

Pre-2008, voters with prosperous and improving lives didn’t mind being excluded from the conversation. Those days are over

Who was the last politician you listened to for any length of time? Perhaps it was Andy Burnham or Zack Polanski. Or maybe it was Wes Streeting, Nigel Farage or Zarah Sultana. Perhaps your dark secret is that it was Donald Trump.

One thing these politicians have in common is th

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Average rating: 4.12 · 1,048 ratings · 148 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies 4.12 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Promised You a Miracle: UK80-82 4.11 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2015 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies 4.29 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pinochet in Piccadilly 4.04 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hush-A-Bye Babies by Janet Slingsby, Andy Beckett (Illustrator) 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pismo. Magazyn Opinii, nr 11/2019 (#23) by Michał Szczęch, Dorota Borodaj, Ilona Wiśniewska it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disruption by Roger Luckhurst, Andy Beckett 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disruption by Andy Beckett, Roger Luckhurst 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Thatcher set ordinary people free, but into a landscape that her other policies had already shaped to suit other, more powerful interests, such as large corporations or Britons with inherited wealth.”
― Andy Beckett

tags: conservative, neoliberalism, politics, power, thatcher

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“In January 1981, the mere threat of similar action by the miners against government-supported pit closures had ended in humiliation for Margaret Thatcher – a humiliation omitted by the Thatcher legend and by most historians in favour of the miners’ strike she defeated, in much more favourable political circumstances, four years later.”
― Andy Beckett

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