Broken Britain

is being written in the run-up to the General Election from ‘Brexitland’ – in the heart of privileged Southeast England; rich, mostly white UK, where local incomes are measured in multiples of the national average and annual bonuses from City of London employment are in six figures. Yet despite all the opulence with private schools still with waiting lists , the place is broken. Empty shops in the High Streets are commonplace, shopping centres are 20 percent empty and worsening, private debt in the