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Shall I tell you something geeky but (I think) fascinating? When the Blair Foundation adopted the “for the many, not the few” motto, everyone assumed a masterful bit of trolling. Well, maybe not. 1/3
I was doing some work for a piece and came across some old articles on Blair changing Clause IV. Guess what *exact words* were drafted by Tony Blair in the then new Clause IV, (resisted by people like Benn and Corbyn, and voted against by Abbott. 2/3
So, in fact, the Blair Foundation adopting that motto was a reclaiming of a phrase Blair actually came up with, in the teeth of people like Corbyn. Interesting, no? 3/3
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