Renewing Britain’s New Labour Project

Renewing Britain’s New Labour Project

The New Labour “project” is often regarded outside of Britain as a successful example of how social democracy can be modernized. “The progressive consensus” is what the country’s new prime minister, Gordon Brown, calls it. Tony Blair, his predecessor, often spoke of New Labour as representing “the third way” in democratic
politics. The joint creators of the project that started thirteen years ago sought a grand narrative for their party that would reconcile constitutional government with the dynamic chal

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