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Article: There is no alternative; As the Labour conference gathers, an architect of New Labour says ditching the PM would herald a return to the bad old days.
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2003
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Byline: PETER MANDELSON
THE general verdict on Channel 4's fictional drama, The Deal, about the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in the Eighties and Nineties - when New Labour was created - is "good drama, bad history". But leaving aside the invented conversations and made-up plot lines, rerunning the news footage of Labour in the Eighties does the party - and the country - a huge service in reminding us of the ghetto we left behind.
Was it really only 20 years ago that Michael Foot's Labour Party stood on a platform of mass nationalisation, reckless borrowing, high taxes, unilateral disarmament, and withdrawal from Europe? How ...