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Robert Saunders

@redhistorian

Author of "Yes to Europe! The 1975 Referendum & Seventies Britain". "A jaw-dislocating page turner"(Andrew Marr). Co-director @MileEndInst, Reader @QMHistory

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Robert Saunders
@redhistorian

4 months ago

An extraordinary stat, that points to a fundamental democratic problem.

A collapsing Tory party on its 3rd PM in 18 months, engulfed in civil war, can still pull in 5x as much cash as Labour.

Over 2023 it's 2.5x as much. Victorians called this 'plutocracy acting on democracy'.

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