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Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi is Professor of Political Theory at the London School of Economics and the author, most recently, of “Indignity: A Life Reimagined” (Allen Lane, 2025) and “Free: Coming of Age at the End of History” (Penguin, 2022). Copyright: Project Syndicate

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The year that could be

Every December in recent years, I think back to the time when Jeremy Corbyn, then the leader of the opposition Labour Party in my adopted country, the UK, quoted from a new year’s speech that had a familiar ring to it. “This year will be tougher than last year,” he said.

December 26, 2025