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13 November 2017

“Did New Labour sow some of the seeds of Brexit?” My fantasy speech for Alastair Campbell

This is what the former spin doctor should say on New Labour and its hand in the EU referendum result.

By Neal Lawson

Alastair Campbell, the spin master of New Labour and now editor-at-large of the New European, has recently written two phantom speeches on Brexit, one for Theresa May and one for Jeremy Corbyn. I’m unsure either made much impact on their respective targets but it’s a good way to get an alternative view over. So here, with no illusions about its impact, is the address Campbell should give to the Blairite pressure group Progress on New Labour and its hand in Brexit.

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