For me political parties are all about how to achieve certain defined objectives, based on underlying collective values. They are not an end in themselves, but only a means to an end.
New Labour had its objectives, really rather remarkably explicit, considering the chicanery they were up to. It was to destroy residual social democracy in this country and create a two-party system based on the American model, with an in party and an out party and not much by way of substantive policy difference between them. Some very naive people hoped hoped that Gordon was a tad more social democratic than Tony, a view which completely defied the available evidence. Another cup of tea Lady Thatcher ?
Now we know. The electorate currently prefer the out party to the in party. A campaign for Real Labour anyone ?
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Excellent analysis, Dugsie, not so much New Labour as post-Thatcherite. As for the Atlantic connection, Thatcher in bed with Reagan, not literally I hasten to add, and Blair in bed with Bush. And Gordon? Probably waiting for the US electorate to tell him who to snuggle up to. Oh well, at least Boris is good for a laugh. Or should that be laughable?
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