Matthew Dancona

The reality behind the slogan

Power to the People! Or not? The unmissable Steve Richards has a good piece in today’s Indy about “people power”. Every politician says he is in favour it: how could they say otherwise? But what does it actually mean in practice? An important question, as both Brown and Cameron are fighting for control of the populist beret.

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