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Article: No such thing as a Third Way Podium;Froma speech delivered by the shadow Chancellor to the Social Market Foundation in London
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1998
- Author:
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TO HEAR some commentators, you would think that the last few years
had seen a fundamental realignment of British politics. It used to
be all so simple. There were two ways.
There was the First Way - the idea that the state, over time,
should do less. That was - and is - our way. Our opponents
caricatured it as the way of selfishness and greed - the "me first"
culture. It never was that. But we allowed it to be portrayed that
light. In its proper light, this is the way that puts a premium on
self-reliance; on taking responsibility for yourself and your family;
on strengthening society by encouraging people in local communities
to take responsibility for the institutions in which they have ...