Irwin Stelzer

Requiem for a heavyweight

Gordon Brown saw it as his duty to reconcile equity and efficiency in pursuit of a fairer Britain, says Irwin Stelzer. Attempting to achieve that goal is what brought him down

issue 15 May 2010
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