EVER thought who are the most powerful, the most influential people in British politics? The people who have shaped your lives and that of the country far beyond the longevity of their careers? Perhaps you would punt for Boris Johnson, he who at least in part 'Got Brexit Done' – after a fashion – then proceeded to 'spaff' (his terminology) away the opportunities it presented. Instead he sentenced us to house arrest during the ridiculous overreaction to covid, at the same time putting rocket boosters under mass migration, completing the process New Labour began of changing the country for ever. Perhaps you'd plump for Nigel Farage, who did more than anyone else to get out of the European Union in a lonely and seemingly hopeless campaign for which he sacrificed 25 years of his life.
Going back a bit further, you'd probably go for Tony Blair, who along with the Iraq War cemented the 'Double Liberalism' – social as well as economic that we still live under 30 years later – as well as radically changing the constitution of this country. All are fair choices, but serious political figures often move in the shadows, quietly and slyly changing politics and society in radical ways that no one ever wanted or asked for. With that in mind, my vote on.
.. Andrew Cadman.