"The British welfare state was not simply a radical, leftist project but a warfare state, an imperial state, a conservative and patriarchal state where brown and black people were not welcome."
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Historians from EnglandUniversity of Cambridge alumniUniversity of Cambridge facultyWomen from EnglandPolitical scientists from England
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"What Now? After Brexit", n + 1 magazine (June 24, 2016)
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