Get dark money out of UK politics
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Anthony led Policy Network's 'populism, extremism and the mainstream' project. He wrote Barack Obama: The Movement for Change and Left Without a Future? Social Justice in anxious times, published by I.B.Tauris. He blogs at anthonypainter.co.uk.
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