The shadow chancellor promised a four-day working week within a decade
the air of a nightclub on the Brighton seafront as John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, walked on stage on September 22nd. The compères of the Radical Variety Show, a side event at Labour’s annual conference, had a surprise for the man who will be in charge of the world’s sixth-largest economy if Labour wins the next election. “Please may I introduce to you, the wheel of public ownership!” one cried. Out came an assistant carrying a Wheel of Fortune-style spinner.
Bureaucratic battles and Brexit almost overshadowed the most radical policy platform put forward by any British political leader since Margaret Thatcher. A target to make Britain carbon-neutral by 2030 was agreed on, even though some union bosses gritted their teeth at the idea. Pharmaceutical companies that tried to gouge patients would have their patents snatched, said Mr Corbyn.
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