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Peter Jukes and

Hardeep Matharu

What happens when hope fails and aspiration dims?

What dynamics take over in societies where social mobility is stalled, wages have flatlined, and yet the cost of living inexorably rises?

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Martin Rowson's cartoon for edition 80, on the fate of the BBC

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Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu What happens when hope fails and aspiration dims? What dynamics take over in societies where social mobility is stalled, wages have flatlined, and yet the cost of living inexorably rises? If you have an account or have previously purchased content, log in first: Log in or if this is your […]
Martin Rowson

The BBC Becomes a Scapegoat in Its Attempts to Appease the ‘Coup’ Against It

With its political independence undermined from within – and its continued reliance on the agenda set by right-wing newspapers – the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, writes Adam Bienkov
Adam Bienkov