Agreed, tbh regardless of where the gas came from and how cool lots of fire is. It seems a bit wasteful when equally cool effects can be achieved electronically.
Different times but Attlee and Wilson were centre left as defined then. Wilson moved from the left towards the centre and won after 14 years of Tory rule by promising a modernised economy using new technology. Just like Blair and Starmer.
The other thing about Labour in 1997 is how little they promised. 5 pledges including no increase to income tax and stuff on crime, heatlh and education. This was to be paid for by windfall taxes on utilities and cutting NHS bureaucracy. All the stuff they are remembered for, good or bad, was not in the first manifesto.
I expect Labour to deliver more than they promise now, A big majority and a centre right split gives them a good chance of 3 terms.
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