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Originally Posted by foreverwar
Strange, isn't it, that people continually hark back to Mrs Thatcher as on ongoing influence on the Tory party, but mention the previous Prime Minister from three years ago, and it appears not to have the same relevance.
So Mandelson, Burnham, Milliband - no influence in the Labour Government..... 
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I am pretty sure there are many in the Labour party who remain inspired by Tony Blair's leadership and I am almost certain his ideology still motivates many members. But I don't think he has much influence upon the policy makers in the party.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Stranger still how all the Labourites have been so careful to draw their lines in the sand so that Lord Ashcroft is 'bad' and Lord Paul is 'good'.
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Personally speaking (and I have said this before), I think
all contributors to
all political parties should be citizens of the UK and domiciled in the UK.