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Crosland to Crossman, who ensured my party was (almost) the natural party of government under
Harold Wilson.
Labour can do that again if it creates a proper coalition putting emphasis on more but not absolute
economic equality, asking the better off (not just millionaires) to pay their dues in return for a
Beveridge-style settlement that reduces means tests and workfare and pensioners having to sell homes
to pay for care, raising living standards with more full-time employment rather than this zero-hours,
triple-job, low-wage economy. Dare I suggest higher VAT on luxury goods to combat global
warming?
Cllr Andy Beere
Labour, Banbury, Oxfordshire
• My wife is much respected in her science field and has a PhD. I have been a consultant headteacher
and now work for a university. I am a life-long reader of the Guardian and we both voted to leave the
EU, figuring the country would be better governing itself with its own politicians and own laws and a
worldwide trading base. We strongly feel that, long-term, this a better option for our grandchildren.
When will the Guardian start representing our views in the same way it does for so many minorities?
After all, according to Jonathan Freedland, we represent a minority of 9% – of Guardian readers.
Malcolm and Nicky Rivers
Isleworth, Middlesex
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