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    Little Platoons: How a revived One Nation can empower England’s forgotten towns and redraw the political map
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    Little Platoons: How a revived One Nation can empower England’s forgotten towns and redraw the political map
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    Little Platoons: How a revived One Nation can empower England’s forgotten towns and redraw the political map

    By David Skelton

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    Brexit – a revolutionary moment in British politics. Voters in long-forgotten English towns made their disenchantment clear, overwhelmingly voting to ‘take back control’ from a remote and defective economic system. Despite this decisive message in 2016, the concerns of these forgotten towns have continued to be all but ignored.

    David Skelton grew up in Consett, a north-eastern town where the steel industry has deep roots. When the steelworks closed almost forty years ago it lost everything, a story echoed in towns across England. Skelton uses Consett’s experience to discuss what has gone wrong and how we can put it right. He considers a broken social contract and the economic and identity liberalism which has neglected the needs of a great bulk of the population.

    Little Platoons calls for a revival of One Nation to recognise the needs of people in such towns. It argues that a brave Tory Party can shatter decades-old boundaries and redraw the political map by marrying social reform with private enterprise, enhancing community values and allowing long-ignored voters to genuinely take back control.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBiteback Publishing
    Release dateSep 3, 2019
    ISBN9781785905131
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    Little Platoons: How a revived One Nation can empower England’s forgotten towns and redraw the political map
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    David Skelton

    David Skelton’s book Little Platoons set the template for the Tories’ successful attempt to take Red Wall seats in the north and the Midlands, which built upon a decade of work and campaigning, making the case for an increased emphasis on the needs of working-class voters in England’s towns. Skelton has written regularly for a number of publications, including The Guardian, the New Statesman, the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, ConservativeHome and The Spectator, as well as appearing regularly on BBC Radio and TV, ITN and Sky News.

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