I’m alright Tone!
11 April 2005 @ 12:25
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Since the days of Mrs Thatcher there has been a huge emphasis on opposition as a core issue in British elections. A strange switch occurred when Labour changed from ‘Labour’ to ‘New Labour’ under first Neil Kinnock and John Smith, and then more completely under Tony Blair; British politics moved from having one left-wing party and one right-wing one to having two Tory parties. Thus, new opposition was created; parties such as the British National Party, UKIP or Respect provided a ‘voice’ for some of those marginalised by the Third Way. Now we enter an election with, unlike previous votes, a deeply disenfranchised electorate. But when do these people turn? New Labour grip, steadfastly on to the fact that they are now an established government, trying to gloss over the Iraq war whilst pointing out - the old Tory chestnut - how good their economic record is! Their slogan for the forth-coming general election is ‘Britain Forward Not Back’. |
