Is There a Progressive Majority in Britain?

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The only way we're going to get through those difficulties is by breaking up the existing party system. I don't believe there is a progressive majority in Britain, and if there was, it's fragmenting. What there is is a majority against a society in which the market forces are untrammelled. The fact that support for the government dropped so steeply shows that this country- Well, there's weaker attachments to the parties, definitely.

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