Don't worry, this won't be another analysis of the betrayed underclass, but I must start with the spectacle of youths touring our council estates shooting each other with illegal firearms.
Why have we come to this? Because the family has broken down, our schools are spavined and, in some areas, law and order is now merely a rhetorical concept. And why have these things happened? Because those who purport to govern us haven't a clue how to discharge the duties of office.
Such a failure would be painful for any administration, but for this one especially it is a grim indictment. The poor, the underprivileged, the sick: these were the people Labour said it would care for and help. Yet their condition, like that of most of the rest of us, is now by any measure worse than in 1997. I was going to hold off on the decade-anniversary tribute to Tony Blair for another month or so, but this is all too much. The question must be asked now. What on earth have the past 10 years been for?
If you can bear it, recall these promises from the 1997 Labour manifesto. "Education will be our number one priority"; "we will rebuild the NHS"; "we will help build strong families and strong communities"; "we will be tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime"; oh, and if you want a real laugh, "we will clean up politics and put the funding of political parties on a proper and accountable basis". The rest of this largely fictional document is also littered with preposterous variations on these themes. What have the past ten years of Blair been for? by Simon Heffer
Marriage rates plummet to record lows
Mark Alexander
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Something Rotten in Blair's Britain
You've got that right Mark, and its name is Tony Blair and NuLabour. Duplicitous scum, the whole rotten lot of them.
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