R<sc>eades</sc> J. and S<sc>mith</sc> D. A. Mapping the 'space of flows': the geography of global business telecommunications and employment specialization in the London mega-city-region, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Telecommunications has radically reshaped the way that firms organize industrial activity. And yet, because...

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When characters as diverse as John Wellens, the Bishop of Southwark, and Lords Robens and George‐Brown unite in expressing concern about the underlying trend of British politics, it is time to think about an alternative. The leaders of the Conservative and Labour Parties, being practical and...