Tony Blair en 1987
▻http://www.lrb.co.uk/v09/n19/tony-blair/diary
... there is nothing more ridiculous than the notion that socialism is inexorably dying, or has been compulsorily retired on grounds of redundancy. Socialism, as its name suggests, is based on a belief in the notion of action through the community, in the idea that individuals do not stand alone, and that it is not merely morally right that we should think of ourselves in this way but that it is the most rational way to organise our lives. The world we face today makes a socialist approach all the more relevant: from new technology to the arms race, co-operation surely makes more sense than competition.
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... The weakness of Thatcherism is that, whatever the rhetoric, the policies don’t work. They end up concentrating power in the hands of élites, in restricting freedom and in centralising control. The ‘free’ market does not distribute fairly or efficiently: it produces inequality and monopoly.
...The 1990s will not see the continuing triumph of the market, but its failure. ...
Tony Blair en 2013 :
▻http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22073434
I always thought my job was to build on some of the things she had done rather than reverse them.
Via ▻http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2013/04/08/thomas-jones/blairs-thatcher-thatchers-blair