Back in the 1970s, a third of Britons routinely tuned into the "Generation Game", a heroically drab television game show. In the first stirrings of what would become a national mania for consumerist glitz, Britain gazed in helpless envy as modest prizes (a salad bowl, some towels, an electric teamaker) wobbled past on a conveyor belt.rnThe Labour Party used a similar ploy to cheer delegates at its annual conference in Manchester, just before Ed Miliband gave his first speech as its leader on September 28th.
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