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'It was not an ideological election'

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A survey of public opinion conducted after the general election suggests that the country has not shifted away from a "progressive or centre-left world view" in terms of the role of the state and the economy.

Director of the Centre for Policy Studies Jill Kirby and US pollster Stan Greenberg discuss whether our attitudes will change towards the new government when we begin to feel the pain of the cuts.

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