Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution (Episode 2)

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A landslide victory puts the Labour party back into power after nearly two decades. Tony Blair, who had never previously held a cabinet position, is now prime minister. A steep and daunting learning curve lays ahead of him. As he grapples with the vast government machine, Gordon Brown hits the ground running. His first move as chancellor is to make the Bank of England independent - a seismic change that Brown announces in his first days in office. The message is clear: Gordon Brown is going to end years of Tory ‘boom and bust’ and transform Labour’s economic reputation.
By the autumn of 1997, Tony Blair has made significant inroads in Northern Ireland and is working towards an unprecedented peace agreement. He is in tune with the public’s outpouring of grief after the tragic death of Princess Diana. Just a few months into their first term, the prime minister and chancellor have introduced Britain to a new type of politics and are in the process of transforming the country.
But as their popularity ratings soar, cracks start to appear from within the New Labour operation. The teams at No 10 and No.11 - fiercely loyal to their respective leaders - begin to turn on each other. When Brown’s press secretary Charlie Whelan is blamed for leaking a story about Blair’s long-time ally Peter Mandelson, both Whelan and Mandelson are forced to resign. It is a major blow to the slick New Labour brand. Blair and Brown each lose a lieutenant, and political rivalries within the party start to turn personal. Press and public interest in the party’s relationship dynamic will haunt them for years to come.
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@thecrimsondragon9744 Год назад

Watching these to get a better understanding of New Labour in light of our current political situation. I feel that British society as a whole got something fundamentally wrong somewhere along the line...

@eightiesmusic1984 Месяц назад

It is called Thatcherism, which Labour converted to under Blair.

@junirox1 Месяц назад

In hindsight, I must say that both Tony and Gordon were competent individuals and were one of the best prime ministers the UK had. After having lived through 14 years of Tories' rule, I can say this with the assurance that none of Tory PMs since 2010 can come even close to Tony and Gordon's leadership. I absolutely loathe Tony Blair's decision to go to the Iraq war. Had he not gone to Iraq, he could have been the best PM this country would have ever had.

@m.c4210 9 месяцев назад

I’m labour. But this is currently very uncritical, waiting for the Iraq part that really left the party with a bad reputation.

@Hebrideanphotography 5 месяцев назад

Simpler times. The mess we are in now.

@kennyryan625 2 месяца назад

How so? We have the highest wage growth in decades. For the first time in years people in hospitality jobs are actually earning a proper wage unlike the peanuts they were paid under Labour. We were in ‘a mess’ when Blair kept dragging us into illegal wars.

@rw3899 Месяц назад

@@kennyryan625 The UK's currently going through a recession, recovering from the highest inflation in decades going double digits, outpacing the European average, fallout from Brexit, and the self-inflicted harm of the 2023 Kwarteng mini-budget. Wages have hardly paced that inflation.

@kennyryan625 Месяц назад

@@rw3899 Wrong. The UK has exited recession and inflation is down to 2.3%. Average Eurozone inflation is higher than ours and just this week the ECB was forced to cut interest rates due to stagnant economic growth in the Eurozone. The pound sterling is at a one-year high against the euro. Sterling will always be stronger than the euro. And right now the EU’s own citizens are turning against it by voting for far right anti-EU MEPs 😄

@jokerz7936 16 дней назад

Watches a video about ending the Troubles and calls it "Simpler Times". 😂

@kennyryan625 16 дней назад

@@rw3899 The UK was not going through a recession when you posted your comment. The UK economy has been growing all year. UK inflation is lower than European inflation. Uncontrolled immigration from the EU allowed greedy bosses to keep wages low by flooding the country with cheap workers. That’s why Blair supported immigration from the EU - especially after 2004 when every other EU member state restricted migration from Eastern Europe except the UK: Blair wanted to keep wages low. Thank goodness the Conservatives got us out of the EU. Now employers have to pay the British working class a proper wage 👊

@alancassell566 Год назад

Only 6 labour PM's.. 90 yrs in opposition.. 75 % of labour party history... The only thing I hate is losing (Tony blair)

@mou6854 Год назад

oh bugger of

@alexanderspear9464 Год назад

He was a traitor. I was so for him. What did he do after giving us a great economy? Opened the floodgates to the third world and destroyed our cities. Went into Iraq, clearly against the will of the people.

@fshoaps 19 дней назад

And the left of his party.

@colingavignet2619 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting!

@razabadass Месяц назад

Thanks

@folasadegiwa6305 9 месяцев назад

thank so much good blessing you todary am?

@connorberry6377 8 месяцев назад

Boris Johnson end credits scene

@sabinessmith3046 3 месяца назад

What would be do now for Gordon Brown to come back as PM…..jeeeeesus

@freebornjohn2687 2 года назад

Brown showed he was weak and insecure using Whelan - a destructive serpent.

@kms-sl3ot Месяц назад

Sadly true.

@alancassell566 Год назад

No complacency... The mantra always..

@indefatigable8193 4 месяца назад

In happier times, in younger times… I imagine that Blair and Brown were the best of friends. I sometimes wonder though… is it politics that destroyed them? Or was it the pressures of their generation- the baby boomers- to be as selfish as possible, as successful as possible, as trendy as possible to even the detriment of camaraderie.

@user-hu1yi8ox9z 8 месяцев назад

Though Brown was a useless Prime minister, that thought the 2007 downturn would only last 6 months, and took credit for darlings bank bailout . He did stop Blair from joining the Euro.

@matthewrider6453 2 года назад

As an American, I am ashamed that we don't have a truly Leftist party, especially one advocating for social democracy, which, in tandem w/a rather highly-regulated Capitalism, can prove more fruitful for the many, not just the few that unfettered Capitalism would empower, & which, unfortunately, is basically what we have in America.

@gaelsarmiento4496 Год назад

What are you talking about? New labour was modeled after Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign (Tony admitted himself). The reason Labour has managed what seems like a lot of change compared to our administrations is simply that Britain's parliamentary systems makes it easier to get laws passed. Without the senate I'd argue we'd be more on the path of a social democracy than we are now. I mean imagine how different the country would be if all it took was for the house to vote something in.

@ER1CwC 11 месяцев назад

@@gaelsarmiento4496 The US political system is indeed more difficult, but there are cultural differences too. The United States is more individualistic - more liberal (not in the left wing sense of the term). Canada is more similar to the United States culturally speaking, and accordingly the social democratic tradition there is weaker than in the United Kingdom and Europe.

@hschsc1300 9 месяцев назад

This is literally the Democratic Party. The notion that the US is somehow immune from "left-wing" ideas and parties is absurd.

@WestIndianAK 9 месяцев назад

Actually, you already have a "highly-regulated capitalism" in America. A number of free-market think tank analyses have already found over the past decade that the U.S. actually has a *less* free economy on the whole than a number of other wealthy democracies with more generous social safety nets. Although the U.S. has lower income taxes in the aggregate, the U.S. economy is plagued with crony-capitalist regulations (e.g. occupational licensing) and protectionist laws that actually make the average American less economically free on the whole than the average Canadian, Brit, European, etc.

@ER1CwC 9 месяцев назад

@@WestIndianAK Great point. And conversely the famed Scandinavian social democratic economies are actually among the freest.

@shuddupeyaface 5 месяцев назад

I'll.......only..... Sell.... My .....soul....sincerely.....to.... the.... highest ..........bidder.

@bahanbelajar4940 Месяц назад

9:18 IS THAT ED MILLIBAND

@grtcara8386 2 года назад

The GOAT

@alancassell566 Год назад

97 will never ever happen again.... Hung parliaments.. . ... Small majorities... From now on.. Let's hope we get av +PR

@muratdagdelen8163 Год назад

Are you still sure?

@jons355 Год назад

Labour won’t win a 97 style majority next time, they’re too far behind the Tories in seats. Small majority or hung Parliament for Starmer IMO

@hyperboreandream Год назад

Without Scotland, it's highly unlikely. Probable future is Lib-Lab tactical voting 'pacts'. The Tories can still reliably win large majorities of course.