Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has ruled Britain for longer than any non-Conservative government in the past 100 years. With an election due in the next three months, there is a real chance that the last days of Pompeii are upon us. How will history judge New Labour-as an idealistic attempt to improve lives through a blend of free-market economics and social justice, or a cynical sucking of power from longstanding and broadly functioning institutions to a small group of media-hungry, manipulative politicians?
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