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Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi is a professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics

Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks at the parliament

Boris Johnson may not be a fascist, but he's talking like one

A national unity government would dig the nation’s grave

(L-R) Chuka Umunna, Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Chris Leslie, all MP's of the new pro-EU political party, Change UK, listen to speeches at the launch of their European election campaign in April

Change UK’s fall from grace was inevitable – centrism is dead

Leader of Italy's far-right League party Matteo Salvini speaks on election night

The centre is dead. When will the left wake up?