Unlike labour who gained total power by kissing rupert's butt and giving pensioner's a 75 pence a week rise. I know that's a line gideon used, but it was gordon who gave him the ammunition. At that time I was disgusted with labour. Labour sold out on the nhs, privatising services, pfi schemes so the lovely hedge funds and venture capitalists could make profits, guiding the regulators to be soft because they failed to understand the risks. Thye sold out on ethical foreign policy because they wanted to garner respect from the US of A. They sold out on nuclear planning - literally months before announcing new nuclear power stations, they privatised the state owned design authority.
Labour sold out their ethics to nulabour. If they had relented and ditched gordo back at the start of the year we would have a lib-lab coallition now.
They sold out to the largest threat the UK democracy - rupert, having him around to lunch once a month - I used to be accused of being obsessed by murdoch by the nulabourites in those days. How times change. I can't argue with your view. New Labour have done many thing which I didn't personally agree with.