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==Partners in opposition (1983-1994)== | ==Partners in opposition (1983-1994)== | ||
A political partnership "butressed by a genuine and sincere liking for each other" (TB 68) | |||
By the time of John Smith's death in 1994, however, Tony Blair had become the more popular among Labour Members of Parliament and with the public (and, in a MORI opinion poll Tony Blair scored 32 percent against Gordon Brown's 9 per cent)<ref> Anthony Seldon: ''Blair'', pages 660 and 188 Free Press, 2004</ref> | |||
==Rivals for the Party leadership (1994)== | ==Rivals for the Party leadership (1994)== | ||
(TB 65-72) | |||
==Partners in government (1997-2003)== | ==Partners in government (1997-2003)== | ||
==The succession issue (2003-2007)== | ==The succession issue (2003-2007)== | ||
Admiralty House November 2003 (TB 496) (PM 372) | |||
"I would have gone in 2004 if he had worked with me" (PM 29) | |||
Real Labour conference speech 2003 (TB 510) <ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Bournemouth+2003%3A+BOLD+LABOUR%3B+57+mentions+of+Labour..NONE+of+New...-a0108294782 James Hardy ''Bournemouth 2003: BOLD LABOUR; 57 mentions of Labour..NONE of New Labour'', The Free Library 2003]</ref>. | |||
==Conclusion== | |||
New Labour and Old Labour | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 10:51, 5 September 2010
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
Introduction
Much of the contemporary comment on Tony Blair's premiership in the British press was about his strained relationship with Gordon Brown. Since much of what passed between them is known only to them, it is unlikely that an objective account of the matter will ever be available. Witness statements, in the form of memoirs[1] and interviews[2] by Tony Blair as one of the protagonists, and Peter Mandelson, their mutual colleague and confidante, became available for the first time, three or four years latter, in the Summer of 2010. There was no record available at that time of a corresponding statement by Gordon Brown.
In the following, the memoirs by Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson are denoted (TB) and (PM) and their interviews by Andrew Marr are denoted (TB/AM) and (PM/AM).
References
- ↑ See memoirs by Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson
- ↑ See interviews by Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson