tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post1177942759033276875..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: More on the implications of the Obama victorysnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-4745404142699750072008-11-06T17:33:00.000+00:002008-11-06T17:33:00.000+00:00Hughes views- the contraints on Blair weren't just...Hughes views- the contraints on Blair weren't just American. In Britain too in the mid 90's, the voters simply wanted Thatcherism humanised. The feeling was very much that the markets knew best. Indeed, what brought John Major down was the feeling that his government were very bad to join the ERM, and the markets were right to eject Britain from it (the markets were the heroes). Of course he onlysnowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-57291653204369940382008-11-06T10:59:00.000+00:002008-11-06T10:59:00.000+00:00The great tragedy for New Labour in general and To...The great tragedy for New Labour in general and Tony Blair in particular was to have been in power during the rump years of the Clinton administration and all of George W Bush's tenure.<BR/><BR/>Whatever the dreamers on the left or right believe, the reality is that no European government is powerful enough nowadays to resist the zeitgeist in the US*. If the new President can deliver on his Hughes Viewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09584825975932080413noreply@blogger.com