David Miliband said the ‘New’ Labour era is over. This may well be true and I know a few BULS members are glad of it, but we shall never forget ‘New’ Labour’s achievements and should never fail to build upon them, so I’ll leave you with a section from Gordon Brown’s final conference speech.
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New Labour gets a lot of criticism, from the left because it is not ‘Old’ Labour, and from the right because, well frankly, it was bloody successful.
Let us not forget that New Labour won three consecutive elections. As soon as the ‘New’ tag was dropped, we were back in opposition. Now, I am not saying New Labour was wholly successful, should be brought back or that Labour lost the election as a result of it being dropped. But lets give it its due.