OPINION

The vote that won't make Great Britain great again

News, Yascha Mounk, Published on 11/03/2016

» In 1950, a young parliamentary candidate named Margaret H Roberts made a big promise to voters. Her country, the 24-year old political newcomer complained, had become weak: its economy was in tatters, its government too hesitant to exercise its might abroad. After years of decline under a Labour government, it was "time to make Great Britain great again".