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You can’t separate devolution from democracy
We need to remember the class dimension when considering constitutional reform, warns North of Tyne Mayor JAMIE DRISCOLL
People walk past the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle

BRITISH democracy lets the people choose the government. A government that has denied council key workers a pay rise to match inflation.  

But British democracy doesn’t allow you to decide if the CEO of Ocado should get his £58 million pay packet. The only way you get to vote on that is to be rich and own enough shares.

That’s the question socialists must ask when talking about constitutional reform: reform in whose interests?  

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