A 100 writers and thinkers were asked: Left and right defined the 20th century. What's next? Hardly any of them think the world will get better in the coming decades; many think it will get worse
The end of the cold war removed the edge of the left/right division, and left a question about the direction of political leadership.
Political spin moved into that space, but the spin doctors got overconfident, and scandals and cover-ups followed.
Truth reasserted itself, and the people became disillusioned. They see a country that has real problems: terrorism, climate change, an overblown civil service that neither governs nor critically analyses the operation of government.
Above all, a country lobotomised by the failure of state secondary education, and the failed theories of comprehensive schooling and child-centred teaching.
The division in future will not be between left and right, but between the vested interests of governmental incompetence on the one hand, and the democratic urge for reform on the other.
Sooner or later some politician will discover the opportunity to reassert honesty and integrity, tackle the problems, and achieve popularity.
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