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He never talked of equality.




Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | Regrets? Too few to mention any in particular

Rubbing shoulders with the super rich, he never heeded the early warning over the Ecclestone donation, so cash for coronets may dog him yet. If he rides off into a sunset of corporate greed and not public service, he risks tainting how his years in office are seen in retrospect.

He never talked of equality. Yesterday, again he celebrated the arrival of oligarchs to tax-haven London. Fear of offending the rich led to Britain's inequality-gap rising, so redistribution to the poor was like running up a down escalator of cash.

The question now is whether a new leader can halt those rampant forces driving society ever further apart.

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