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The Independent - London
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May 12, 1999
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Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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IT IS an indication of how dramatically British politics has
changed that it seems scarcely believable that it is only five years
since John Smith died. Labour had just made huge gains in the May
council elections and we had opened a 20-point lead over the Tories
in opinion polls. The night before he died he spoke at a Labour fund
raising rally in central London and when he ended his powerful speech
with the words "all we ask is to be given the chance to serve our
nation" there was nobody in the audience who doubted they were
looking at the next prime minister of Britain.
The country's affection for John Smith had grown slowly but, by
the time of his death, people's trust in him was such ...
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