John McDonnell is the Martin Luther of his day. He set out one of the most ambitious programmes of change for a party of potential government in Britain in his speech today.
“That means completely transforming the way our economy works,” he told the Labour conference in Brighton. That has been said before, not just by him but by Ed Miliband and probably by Tony Blair too.
But today’s speech was different in the scope, scale and detail of the changes he proposed. And it was striking for its conclusion. “I believe our time is coming,” he said. He set out […]
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