David Edgerton is Hans Rausing professor of the history of science and technology and professor of modern British history at King’s College London. His works include The Rise and Fall of the British Nation and The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900.

05.20.2022

• David Edgerton

Brexit and Boris Johnson Are the Legacies of Tony Blair

Tony Blair and New Labour consolidated the economic policies of Thatcherism and fostered a deep cynicism about politics through their lies about Iraq. The crisis of the last decade and its potentially ruinous consequences are their legacy to modern Britain.