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The bluster and blunder that birthed a new political era

Four new books, from the cast that brought us Brexit, chronicle the end of one political age – and the start of another.

By John Harris
  • “Make America White Again”: how US racial politics led to the election of Donald Trump

    Just as Richard Nixon’s Southern Strategy came after civil rights protests, the President-Elect’s campaign followed an African-American president.

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  • The iron law of oligarchy

    Donald Trump’s victory has changed politics irrevocably. The age of unchecked globalisation and armed missionaries for liberal values is over. And we are entering a new age of great-power rivalry.

    By John Gray
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  • Mass democracy has failed – it's time to seek a humane alternative

    Trump's theatrical politics are a betrayal of the disenfranchised. To move forward, we need better analysis of and investment in local civic activism.

    By Rowan Williams
    20 November
  • Cut tax and spend: what will Trumponomics mean for the global economy?

    Trump’s public investment plans will give markets a boost but could end up hurting the world.

    By Felix Martin
    19 November
  • Donald Trump's success is built on the ruins of the Third Way

    The left needs to find a way past the legacy of the Clinton and Blair era to form a coalition capable of winning back working-class voters.

    By Jacob Stevens
    18 November
  • Whatever you think of Farage, he understands something important: outrage pays

    This week in politics, from Farage in New York to the new nationalism sweeping the West – and the problem of defining Trump.

    By Jason Cowley
    18 November
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    Its 1.7 billion users were treated to articles about how the Pope backs Trump and Clinton is dying. It's time to accept Facebook is a force in politics.

     

    By Helen Lewis
    17 November
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    The Silicon Valley billionaire who brought down Gawker is an influential Donald Trump backer.

    By Anoosh Chakelian
    17 November
  • How Donald Trump won the Midwest – and what it means for the North of England

    Out in the Rust Belt, I didn't know the people I was meeting would shortly hand Trump the presidency. Britain has a lot to learn from the fact they did.

    By Jonn Elledge
    17 November
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