Vernon Bogdanor

White, blue-collar, grey-haired rebels

A review of Robert Ford and Matthew Goodwin’s Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain. This rigorous analysis of the rise of Ukip is the most important books on British politics for years

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