If Indira Gandhi’s socialism meant being slightly left of self-interest (as Peter Hazlehurst of The Times put it), Tony Blair’s capitalism was more than slightly right of self-interest. Economics yielded precedence to the politics of economics for both. But just as P V Narasimha Rao overturned Indira Gandhi’s socialist affectations, Britain’s current Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, seems all set to repeal Blair’s modernising innovation and restore Labour’s original credentials.
Ideology has long been kicked about in British politics like an unwanted football. I remember the mocking graffiti “Vote Labour to keep out the Socialists” when Hugh Gaitskell, a conservative
Ideology has long been kicked about in British politics like an unwanted football. I remember the mocking graffiti “Vote Labour to keep out the Socialists” when Hugh Gaitskell, a conservative
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