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Article: Lonely at the top. (John Major) (Column)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- February 6, 1993
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IT IS April 1997. The Labour Party is barely recognisable from its old self. Cloth caps have been all but banned. The trade unions are no longer part of the machine. Gordon Brown has been lunching affably with bankers for three years. Tony Blair, the party's deputy leader, has congratulated opted-out schools on their excellent performance. Jack Straw, the shadow industry minister, has praised Richard Branson and his Flying Scot bullet train (free telephone calls and booze for first-class passengers) for breaking the three-hour Edinburgh-London time barrier. John Smith, a model of would-be fiscal propriety, has just given one last electoral heave.
To no avail. The ...
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