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From the 1980s, this country took a series of wrong turns.
Political power was centralised.
Economic power privatised.
The country de-industrialised.
Austerity followed, hollowing out councils and depriving them of the agency to act to reverse any of this.
Now, the 1980s, was that or was that not the moment in our country's history where everything seems to have gone wrong?
It's shaping up, is it not, to be one of the big, big lines between the political parties these days.
And I think it was the moment where things started to go right in terms of music and fashion, Laura,
but maybe that's a different sort of assessment as to the turning point, what, 40 or so years ago.
Well, this week, as we get going with this political season, we'll look ahead to a big speech from the Chancellor,