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The Verdict
Did Labour Change Britain?
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Toynbee and Walker strip away political rhetoric and spin and investigate their failures and achievements in a lively, comprehensive, acerbic analysis.
Toynbee and Walker strip away political rhetoric and spin and investigate their failures and achievements in a lively, comprehensive, acerbic analysis.
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Did the Labour government improve people's lives? Are we healthier, wealthier, or wiser; happier or safer than in 1997, when Labour came to power? If we are, how much do we have to thank Blair and Brown and their cabinets for?
In The Verdict, Polly Toynbee and David Walker strip away spin, personality, and political rhetoric to judge how our lives have changed. They consider Labour's lasting legacy and what its successors can learn from Labour's performance.
The authors drop in on a Sure Start centre and visit schools, hospitals, colleges, and estates plagued by disorder to ask: what difference did Labour make? They explore an array of initiatives, projects, and schemes, questioning how many depended on bubble finance and how many will be missed as recent public spending cuts take hold.
From the early optimism of 'Things can only get better' to the misery of the financial crisis, Toynbee and Walker hand down the definitive judgement on Labour's record.
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ISBN: 9781847082503
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 October 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 242g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Polly Toynbee and David Walker have co-authored Unjust Rewards: Exposing Greed and Inequality in Britain Today, as well as audits of Labour's first and second terms: Did Things Get Better? and Better or Worse, Did Labour Deliver? Polly Toynbee is an author and a political and social commentator for the Guardian. David Walker was founding editor of Public magazine.
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