They're Tired of Winning ; As Blair Loses Support and Brown Moves in the Opposite Direction, Labour's Reforms Are Doomed, Says the Shadow Chancellor
Evening Standard - London › November 14, 2005
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IT WAS the moment when I realised that the Blair era was coming to an end.
Filing out of the House of Commons chamber after Tony Blair's dramatic defeat last week, I happened to overhear the veteran Labour politician Sir Gerald Kaufman explain to a young Labour MP what had just happened. "It is simple", he said, "the Labour Party has got tired of winning".See the full content of this document
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They're Tired of Winning ; As Blair Loses Support and Brown Moves in the Opposite Direction, Labour's Reforms Are Doomed, Says the Shadow Chancellor
The Prime Minister was saying something similar four hours earlier at the Dispatch Box. He said that in politics "sometimes it is better to lose".
The idea that Tony Blair could ever think this would have seemed preposterous just six months ago. This is a man whose political miss...See the full content of this document
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