New Labour implements a political revival in England

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In 1999, Tony Blair hopes "A New Britain [...] liberated from the forces of conservatism that so long have held them back, [...], a model 21st century nation". Labour Party is elected with the intention of developing the country with new ideas, in order to create a new kind of politics. The party wants to show real differences between Conservatives and New Labour. Andrew Rawnsley gives his point of view about changes at the end of Thatcherism and the expansion of New Labour, in his article "Lady Vanishes", wrote in 1999. Tony Blair exposes, in his speech "The Third Way", the 21th September of 1998, the main changes in politics Britain's needs.

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[...] Under Thatcher's government, the priority wasn't the public services, “private good, public bad” (Rawnsley, l. privatisation was well for the economy and thus for the country, whereas public services remained at the background. While Blair decided that public services was one of the priorities for the welfare of the country, the Government lavished “an extra £40 billion on health and education” (Rawnsley, l. 68-69). Moreover, Britain'people had to be equal and benefit from it. Even Conservatives agreeded with Blair's ideas that “education and health must remain universally-provided, taxpayer-funded services” (Rawnsley, l. [...]

[...] Tony Blair had a purpose of modern social democracy which means a renewal of the politic system established by Margaret Thatcher. These changes do not necessarily represent major differences with Thatcherism. Yet New Labour provided new measures that helped to Britain's development, especially on economic and social fronts. So New Labour can be seen as an improvement of Thatcher's ideas, a resurgence of the party. References Rawnsley, Andrew. “The Lady Vanishes,” The Observer, 25th April 1999 Blair, Tony. “The Third Way: Speech by Tony Blair visiting the US,” 21st September 1998 “Clause IV of the Labour Party's Constitution” Blair, Tony. [...]

[...] Besides, the Labour Party had an internal reform with the upgrading of the “Clause IV” in 1995. New Labour considered its involvement at international level in the resolution of major issues such as “peace, freedom, democracy, economic security and environmental protection for all” (Clause IV, § 3). To this end, the party had to cooperate with large institutions like “the General Council of the Trades Union Congress” (Clause IV, previous version § 2). Furthermore, Blair thought political parties had to cooperate even if they represented the opposition: the Party should “take the essential values of the contra and centre-left and apply them to a world of fundamental social and economic change” (Blair, l. [...]

[...] The “Clause IV of the Labour Party's Constitution” explains the adjustments operated inside the party. New Labour improved old politics by implementing new ideas in Britain. In the first part of this essay, we'll show the economics changes made by the Labour Party. Then, the public services developed by Blair and the New Labour, and finally, the way government added transparency to its relationship towards Britain's people. I. The economics changes made by the Labour Party New Labour implemented several economics reforms in Britain, especially the opening to the international. [...]

[...] Blair was also patriotic, he “signed more private finance deals for hospitals” (Rawnsley, l. he continued to set up private sectors so Thatcher's ideas, but in addition he had international purpose. New Labour explains in “Clause Four” that their objective is to extend “production, distribution, and exchange” (§ in Britain but also in Europe and in the rest of the world. However, the economy of the country isn't the only thing to take care of; education or social security are also significant things. [...]