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Looking back on New Labour

About this series

When Tony Blair swept to power in 1997 the nation clamoured for change. Here, leading authors discuss their expectations, the realities that have followed and, ultimately, their verdicts on a political wave

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  Looking back on New Labour: Will Self

  4 Apr 2010: It was always nonsense to imagine unfettered greed would trickle down into social inclusion, says Will Self

• Looking back on New Labour: Peter Akinti

  4 Apr 2010: Disillusioned with New Labour's failure to tackle race issues, novelistPeter Akinti abandoned Britain for New York

• Looking back on New Labour: Sue Townsend

  

  4 Apr 2010: Sue Townsend wonders how Blair could have looked his family in the eye after following Bush into war

• Looking back on New Labour: Andrew O'Hagan

  4 Apr 2010: 'We watched our great hopes, embodied in New Labour, calcify and then crucify our expectations of a fairer Britain,' says Andrew O'Hagan

• Looking back on New Labour: Hari Kunzru

  4 Apr 2010: Cool Britannia included a newfound visibility for young British Asians, says Hari Kunzru

• Looking back on New Labour: Jonathan Coe

  

  4 Apr 2010: Jonathan Coe wishes the conviction of politicians such as Robin Cook had characterised their government

• Looking back on New Labour: Helen Walsh

  4 Apr 2010: New Labour has done more for gay and bisexual rights than any other government, says novelist Helen Walsh

• Looking back on New Labour: Philip Pullman

  4 Apr 2010: 'Tony Blair's power is almost supernatural – he led an entire party into policies utterly alien to its nature', says Philip Pullman