OK, a different way is needed now, but my life improved immeasurably under New Labour. He made things better for the Brits who needed it most. The country as a whole functioned so much better then. It's mad how Blair gets vilified by so many ppl within Labour.
The long shadow of Tony Blair has once again cast itself over the Labour party.
Jonathan Rutherford writes the definitive response.
"What Labour politicians called progress, was experienced by many as the destruction of their way of life and of their country."
There’s nothing in the latest release of the Lord Mandelson files that suggests Keir Starmer is of bad character or acted with bad intentions. If anything, they reinforce the impression that he simply wants to be a good Prime Minister and get on with the job.
How can the UK simultaneously have a crisis of young people not in education or work *and* a shortage of staff in the health, care, construction and IT sectors?
The Labour MPs were in a tizz after the locals because they were scared of losing their seats at the next election. If Burnham announces a snap election, the majority won't be as big even if he wins. So lots of them will still lose their seats. Wonder how they feel about this.
@joshsimonsmp@AndyBurnhamGM I try to resist friendly fire on here but you've treat your voters with contempt abandoning them like this. Stunts like this are the reason ppl don't trust politicians.
I actually think the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer being held by a woman evokes more sexism than when the role of PM is held be a woman. Tropes about women being bad at maths.
A lot of ppl on here are showing they weren't sentient during the Blair government. I'm sorry guys but it was objectively better for working class people than what came before & after. Critique his ideas from yesterday by all means but at least be honest about his achievements.
Wes & Andy have reacted in a kneejerk way to Tony Blair's intervention yesterday, looking inward when they should be looking outward. Only Keir hasn't taken the bait. Dignified king.
I commissioned Alan Milburn’s work because more opportunity for young people should be a national cause.
We have begun with the Youth Guarantee. This powerful report shows we need to do all we can to put work and opportunity at the heart of what we do. https://t.co/Vo8XuJZTXD
Decades telling British people that having kids is low status. Telling girls that to get pregnant is the worst thing that can happen. Social pressure to get half of all young people to go to university to then become heavily indebted, with it being a total waste of 3-5 years of their prime years.
Decades terrifying people that the world is going to burn up. Decades telling people the world is overpopulated and therefore immoral to have children—but this doesn’t apply to non Western countries. Decades of an economic system that prioritises putting people in work over family formation.
Yeah. Guess what? People stop having babies.