Black Day for Blairism: comments on the local and London elections "Britain is already a different and better country..."Tony Blair at the Periodical Publishers Association, 9th May."I'm totally opposed to New Labour. They are not any different to the Thatcherites. I would like to see a return to the old values."George Fleetwood, 48, an engineer."I have a wife and two children to raise and I really thought in 1997 that we were heading for a bright new era. Tony Blair has failed to deliver. If anything, he is more of a Tory than many Tories."Brian Cox, 31, unemployed dockyard labourer.
The end of Lib-Labism In this article in our series on the history of the British Labour party, Barbara Humphries looks at the early years of Labour in parliament and how the development of the class struggle forced the leaders of the party to make the final break with Liberalism. (Originally published in Socialist Appeal, issue 48, February 1997).
Labour's foundation years Following on from our first introductory article on the founding years of the British Labour Party, Barbara Humphries continues her series of articles that look at the issues and characters involved in the British Labour Party’s history and development. This was originally published in November 1996 in the British Socialist Appeal.
