New Times,
New Thinking.

10 March 2010

Iraq, the free market and a clean break for “Next Labour”

Why a new generation of ministers must say sorry.

By James Macintyre

In a report for this week’s magazine, I refer to what you could call “Next Labour” — a generation of ministers determined to drag the party out of the Blair-Brown shadow. There is a bit of detail on a private election-planning meeting at the house of Ed Miliband, Labour’s manifesto co-ordinator, and an interview with Douglas Alexander, the election co-ordinator (who was also present at the gathering).

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