From the 1997 election archive: After the May Day massacre
Just 165 Tory MPs remained after Labour's 1997 election victory. In our special issue magazine, Charles Glass asked what next for…
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From the 1997 election archive: Dial M for Mandelson
Harriet Harman, Margaret Beckett, Jack Straw ... where did their cabinet careers start out? This overview of Tony Blair's very first appointments…
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From the 1997 election archive: Centre left at centre stage
The election of Tony Blair's first Labour government promised to usher in a new era for the "centre left". But…
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From the 1997 election archive: Making a union that works
"... a slow drift away from the core of the EU, followed eventually by divorce, would be a perfectly plausible…
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From the 1997 election archive: The Ultimate Sacrifice
Gordon Brown's 1994 decision not to stand against Tony Blair was a defining moment in the party's path to power.…
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From the 1997 election archive: Tony Blair on winning Labour a moral majority
In December 1993, a year before being elected Labour leader, Tony Blair was already attempting to reclaim a moral message for…
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From the 1997 election archive: Tony Blair on why crime is a socialist issue
In March 1993, the then shadow home secretary, Tony Blair, wrote the following article for the New Statesman. His argument that…
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From the 1997 election archive: Interview with Tony Blair
“I don’t believe the polls. The Tories are like ferrets in a sack, but they won’t give up the keys…
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