Summary
Return of the Iron Lady "The financial crisis raised fundamental questions about the right relationship between markets and governments, between economics and politics, between wealth and power," says Douglas Alexander, Labour's election coordinator. [...] in this process, it was Conservatism that was found wanting. [...] reading the manifesto, we were struck by the similarity of its language to that of George W Bush and the "compassionate conservatism" he advocated in his 2000 presidential campaign, with its promises of "local control" for schools and competition by private groups for the provision of public services.
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No Such Thing As a 'Big Society'
Amid the claims and counterclaims of this closely contested election campaign, there is one issue on which both Gordon Brown and David Cameron agree. This will be, as the Prime Minister told us in an interview in September, "the 'big choice' election".
But what exactly is the "choice"? The rightwing commentariat has sought crudely to fra...See the full content of this document
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