 These days , though , the radical cause should have different targets . The elites have altered in character and composition . The citizen is far less likely to be impacted by the decisions of dukes or bishops than by those of Nice or his local education authority . The employees of these and similar agencies are , today , the unaccountable crown office @-@ holders against whom earlier generations of radicals would have railed . Yet , with some exceptions – among whom , in a special place of honour , stands Tony Benn – few contemporary British leftists show any interest in dispersing power when doing so would mean challenging public sector monopolies . 
