Figgis, pluralism, and the role of politics

Clement Attlee, in one of the most effective and respected 20th century governments, took on the ‘Five Evils’ – Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, Idleness – by guiding the young British welfare state towards its maturity. Less well known, although equally important, was the Liberal government of Herbert Asquith, 1906 – 1914, the government that createdContinue reading “Figgis, pluralism, and the role of politics”