Labour is haunted by the ghosts of 1997
Also this week: Why Keir Starmer isn’t boring, and dancing with David Miliband.
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Steve Richards presents a twice-weekly podcast Rock N Roll Politics and is a former political editor of the New Statesman.
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From the 1997 election archive: Dial M for Mandelson
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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…
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6 lessons for Labour from its 1997 electoral landslide
Be nice to people on the way up, as you’ll meet them on the way down.
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