Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust
Keir Starmer’s caution risks damaging his chance of winning the next election, according to key figures from Tony Blair’s 1997 campaign who warn the Labour leader is in danger of learning the wrong lessons from his predecessor’s victory.party is not yet ready for government, and needs to set out a much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust.
“I sometimes worry that the Labour party today doesn’t. I don’t often get that sense of that sort of relentless, restless, obsessive attention to detail focusing on everything that you need to focus on … The comments were made as part of a two-part podcast for the Guardian’s Today in Focus, which examines what Labour did in the year before it took power in 1997, and whether the current Labour party is set to replicate that success. It is due to be broadcast on Monday and Tuesday next week.
Campbell argued Starmer’s caution does not reflect what Blair did during that period, however. “I was quite happy if the Tories were putting up policies on their leaflets because it gave us an opportunity to argue them,” he said.Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what’s happening and why it matters“One of the big ones I remember was the minimum wage.
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