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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Majority of UK population believes The Handmaid’s Tale mirrors current political climate

More than half of adults think the current political climate closely mirrors the dystopian horrors featured in The Handmaid’s Tale, new research has found.

Channel 4’s hit dystopian television series – adapted from Margaret Atwood’s best-selling 1985 novel about a totalitarian society, Gilead, ruled by a fundamentalist regime that sees certain women reduced to state property for the pure reason of birthing a child for a wealthy family – returned for its sixth and final season last week.

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