1/What did New Labour ever do for us?
How about this lot for starters
Readers react to a recent letter that dismissed the achievements of the Blair government
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How about this lot for starters
Readers react to a recent letter that dismissed the achievements of the Blair government
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
2/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters.
After years struggling through the Tory years of the 1980s & 90s, then Labour’s outstanding victory in 1997
Possibly the best, most reforming government, since the 1945-51 Attlee administration.
After years struggling through the Tory years of the 1980s & 90s, then Labour’s outstanding victory in 1997
Possibly the best, most reforming government, since the 1945-51 Attlee administration.
3/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters?
• The minimum wage.
• Sure Start.
• Huge investment in schools.
• Smaller class sizes.
• Huge investment in the NHS.
• The shortest hospital waiting lists for 40 years.
• The minimum wage.
• Sure Start.
• Huge investment in schools.
• Smaller class sizes.
• Huge investment in the NHS.
• The shortest hospital waiting lists for 40 years.
4/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters.
• 11 years of uninterrupted economic growth.
• Helped to bring about peace in Northern Ireland.
• Devolution to Scotland and Wales.
• And a constructive relationship with our European partners.
• 11 years of uninterrupted economic growth.
• Helped to bring about peace in Northern Ireland.
• Devolution to Scotland and Wales.
• And a constructive relationship with our European partners.
5/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters.
• Lifted millions of children & pensioners out of poverty
• The minimum income guarantee for sick & disabled
• The Human Rights Act
• Freedom of Information
• Equal Age of Consent
• Civil Partnerships
• Lifted millions of children & pensioners out of poverty
• The minimum income guarantee for sick & disabled
• The Human Rights Act
• Freedom of Information
• Equal Age of Consent
• Civil Partnerships
6/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters.
• The Equality Act - banning discrimination: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation
• The Equality Act - banning discrimination: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation
7/ What did New Labour ever do for us? How about this lot for starters.
• Winter Fuel Payments.
• Child & Working Tax Credits.
• Ban on Fox Hunting.
• Winter Fuel Payments.
• Child & Working Tax Credits.
• Ban on Fox Hunting.
8: 1997-2010 Labour did many good things, as well as the bad ones of which we are constantly reminded, but does anyone imagine a Tory government wouldn’t have done those, and more, without the good?
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9: Life got better for us all, so unless we want to live our lives watching one Tory government after another dismantling all that is good about our society, we need to elect a Labour government, regardless of its ideological purity.
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