Biteback Publishing Little Platoons : How A Revived One Nation Can Empower England'S Forgotten Towns And Redraw The Political Map

Brexit - a revolutionary moment in British politics.Voters in long-forgotten English towns made their disenchantment clear, overwhelmingly voting to `take back control' from a remote and defective economic system.Despite this decisive message in 2016, the concerns of these forgotten towns have continued to be all but ignored. David Skelton grew up in Consett, a north-eastern town where the steel industry has deep roots.When the steelworks closed almost forty years ago it lost everything, a story echoed in towns across England.Skelton uses Consett's experience to discuss what has gone wrong and how we can put it right.He considers a broken social contract and the economic and identity liberalism which has neglected the needs of a great bulk of the population. Little Platoons calls for a revival of One Nation to recognise the needs of people in such towns.It argues that a brave Tory Party can shatter decades-old boundaries and redraw the political map by marrying social reform with private enterprise, enhancing community values and allowing long-ignored voters to genuinely take back control.