New Labour 2001-2007
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- Created on: 10-05-14 11:59
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- Lab. Govt 2001-2007
- elections
- 2001
- Lab 413 seats C 166 seats
- B personal standing in country high, lib dems rising prospects damaged C
- ec. situ. still good C party struggling
- Lab 413 seats C 166 seats
- 2005
- L 355 seats C198
- resignation from scandals and iraq
- rivalry between Blairiites and Brownites starting to airse
- may have been weak byt C opposition weaker and ineffective
- L 355 seats C198
- 2001
- economic srategy
- big injection of money to public services
- new schools and pay rises in NHS
- catching up on 'years of neglect'
- CRITICS: public spending and govt borrowing too high - large debts
- catching up on 'years of neglect'
- new schools and pay rises in NHS
- income and expenditure
- POLICY: from 2001 the prudence of earlier brown/b years gave way to high public spending
- RESULT: High Inflation
- unemployment
- POLICY: reduce unemployment
- RESULT: 2.5mil more in work in 2007 than 1997 - 37% increase in jobs were in unproductive public sector
- Brown = 10 yrs as C - inflation kept low, record numbers of people in work
- but economists said bubble of m/c prosperity not last
- big injection of money to public services
- Foreign Policy
- impact of 9/11
- led to war on terror
- Afghanistan
- Oct 2001 - us led coalition/nato invasion
- base of taliban operations and ruled by
- result: expelled taliban
- base of taliban operations and ruled by
- Oct 2001 - us led coalition/nato invasion
- Iraq
- defining of second term
- large opposition from previous supporters
- foreign secretary robin cook and overseas dev. min clare short
- illegal war without UN backing - 2 tries didn't get it
- severly unpopular
- large opposition from previous supporters
- global terrorism = deadly danger
- Sept. 2002
- intelligence dossier to show danger of WMD
- failed to convince - involvement of Alistair Campbell and "sexed up" for political purpose
- no WMD found - B strongly believed
- suicide of scientist Kelly = Hutton Enquiry into govt blame
- off the record talk with BBC journalist about dossier
- suicide of scientist Kelly = Hutton Enquiry into govt blame
- no WMD found - B strongly believed
- failed to convince - involvement of Alistair Campbell and "sexed up" for political purpose
- intelligence dossier to show danger of WMD
- Saddam overthrown - human rights abuses by soldiers
- defining of second term
- impact of 9/11
- The Wobble 2004
- Hutton Enq
- backbench revolt uni top fees
- relationship with Brown deteriorating
- Departure of B
- 2006 - mounting pressure to leave
- "cash for honours" scandal
- first standing PM taken n for q
- opp, to Iraq
- "cash for honours" scandal
- by 07 many big MPs left
- Blunkett, Cook, Mandelson
- 06 thought Br coupe
- never happened but announced resig. at party conf
- june 07 left, Br PM unopposed
- never happened but announced resig. at party conf
- 2006 - mounting pressure to leave
- Legacy
- won 3 elections
- "Blairism won power with a smile, but never found levers to put policy into practise"
- Simon Jenkins
- elections
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