The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER

his is a significant week. It marks the moment that the current Westminster government has overtaken New Labour’s length of time in office. It’s now more than the 13 years and a fortnight, give or take, that the Blair/Brown premiership lasted. There have been five Conservative PMs in that time and more deputy PMs than you

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