Published in: openDemocracyUK
John Smith and the path Britain did not take

Published on: 12 May 2019

Written by: Anthony Barnett All articles by Anthony Barnett

When we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and...

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