For many in Westminster, the “quiet landslide” of 2001 cemented a growing consensus. As the Tories bickered amongst one another, Tony Blair delivered another thumping victory at the polls. Third Way centrism seemed to possess an inexorable electoral appeal and Labour seemed to have tapped into an unstoppable election-winning formula comprised of social liberalism and fiscal discipline. Now, as he outlined in an interview with this magazine, he is worried we’re forgetting this.
But beyond the Westminster bubble, however, local politics and communities have long been telling a different story.
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