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    Where would you place New Labour on the political spectrum?

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    Paper on the Labour party positioning in 2003: Where would you place New Labour (in 2003) on the ideological spectrum?

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    Since its foundation in 1900, the British Labour Party has been in power eleven times, and has had five Prime Ministers. It was founded as a social-democratic party, close to the unions and advocating the rights of the working class. On June 2001, led by Tony Blair, it won its second General Election in a row, securing a second full term in power, something unprecedented for the party. Since he became leader in 1994 after the death of John Smith, Tony Blair has tried to reshape Labour's image and policies. This strategy has proved divisive, even among the party's ranks. Critics have argued that “New” Labour – as Blair branded it – is merely a continuation of Thatcherism and that it has jettisoned its core values. As Ben Pimlott put it, in 1989, Labour was still “known to be against privilege, social hierarchy, capitalism, personal wealth, inequality, unregulated markets, the powerful, the establishment, the upper classes, nationalistic fervour, military might; and in favour of equality, civil rights, state intervention, democracy, the working class, internationalism” . Blair has tried to move away from this old image and has tried to convince voters that “Labour” is no longer the party of “tax and spend”, by putting the emphasis on individual choice, equality of opportunity, reform of the welfare state and other themes that are usually associated with neo-liberal ideology. He also coined the term Third Way, to ...

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