The Blair Years: Division amongst Labour

Reunião do gabinete-sombra, a 15 de Maio de 1996, numa altura de divisão (publicamente visível) no Labour Party:

“TB: “The irony is that there is no Great ideological split between us. Far from it. Hostile things make news. Comments about colleagues make news”.(…) Jack Cunningham: “I’ve been here 16 years and 13 of them at this table in the opposition, and that is more than enough. If the parties squabble about power before they get it, they do net get it at the end. The public will not vote for divided parties and the Tories must be delighted by the ammunition we had given them.,””

É assim tão difícil de perceber? Ou será que percebendo, outros valores se levantam?

The Blair Years

Alastair Campbell em conversa com Tony Blair nas ruas de Paris:

"Can we really beat Hezza?', he asked. ´Of course we can.´´It'll be difficult´. ´So what?´I suppose Major might survive but i think it´s wishful thinking really´.´It's the party that's fucked, and Major is not the great problem.´"

in The Blair Years, Alastair Campbell

Pode não parecer, mas este post tem a ver com resultados de eleições, resultados de sondagens e sobre quem merece colher os louros e/ou culpas dos seus resultados...

The Blair Years (I)

“I hope too that people will read this and understand that all for all its faults, our political process is a good one, and the means by which much meaningfuk change is made. That is not a very fashionable view to hold, but as someone who has operated at senior levels in journalism and politics, around a decade each, it is my respect for the media that has shrunk, and my respect for politics that has grown”

in Alastair Campbell, The Alastair Campbell Diaries

É sempre agradável quando alguém com prestígio e provas dadas no mundo da política e do jornalismo expressa opiniões com as quais concordamos, mas que se forem por nós pronunciadas não teriam o mesmo impacto e, provavelmente, seriam mal interpretadas...

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