
Britain’s transformation during the Queen’s lifetime
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The Industrial Revolution in Britain
The queen was born into an industrial leviathan. Even now, britain is littered with the some of the debris from that transformation. It doesn't start in the eighties - it probably starts in fifties. And once that rational has been taken away, they feel like abandoned and declining communities. You've got the rise now of new labour under tony blair and gordon brown. What impact does this have on the country? How does it change politically?
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