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posted on 31/8/2021 15:19Recently, we had a prominent local Labour centrist (Council cabinet member) make a determined defence of Blair - Gramsci.
saying that - Iraq and Afghanistan aside* - he was a great leader.
When asked, as he was, what lasting policy gains the Blair-Brown years left as their legacy, he answered that he had one measure that he always went to - the change in Gini Coefficient**.
(* he actually had that at the outset, as though they didn't matter)
(** which was about the same after the 1997-2010 government)
He should have said something about improved public services and NHS which is probably true over those years. But PFI.
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
When asked, as he was, what lasting policy gains the Blair-Brown years left as their legacy, he answered that he had one measure that he always went to - the change in Gini Coefficient**.
(* he actually had that at the outset, as though they didn't matter)
(** which was about the same after the 1997-2010 government)
He should have said something about improved public services and NHS which is probably true over those years. But PFI.
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
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