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2002-2010 The Fall of New Labour - Coggle Diagram
2002-2010 The Fall of New Labour
2001-2005 New Labour : 2nd mandate
A.1st signs of unrest
June 2001 G.E
reduced majority but still massive victory
Blair Brown x please everyone
W. HAGUE resigned ; humiliation of Cons part
Unemployment rising
World events more impo
whole mandate impacted by 9/11
B. 9/11 and consequences
78 BRIT dead
Blair support US immediately
Oct 2001 War on Afghanistan
Kill Oussama Ben Laden
Anti-Terrorism, crime, security Act extended
2002 Q° of war in Iraq
unease wn Lab Part
Blair + Bush friends
skeptical opinion
strikes
Blair decided intervention
doctrine applied
WoMD "45min attack"
false evidence but Blair didn't know
tried to get UN to vote the war for "moral mandate"
1999 Blair Doctrine of International Community
duty for common good
March-June
applied first in Kosovo
Operation Allied Force
UK PUB OPI°
strongly anti-war
15/02/03
1M PPL IN LDN
Rebel vote in HoC
Lab Part x support Blair
War declared on 19/03/2003 by Brit + US
tainted legacy of Blair forever
no plan to help iraq aft removal of S.Hussein
C. Domestic policy
Blair carried on his policies anyway
2002 Police Reform Act
Police community support officers
heir of Thatcher = indiv responsability
2003 Repeal of Section 28 of Local Gov Act of 1988
remove stigma on homosexuality
end interdiction not to "promote" homosexuality
2004
Civil Partnership Act
same sex couples given same legal rights + protections as couples in male-female civil marriage
Gender Recognition Act
transexuals right to change gender legally + marry som1 of newly assigned gender
Employment Act
confirming T.U rights
improving indus relations by getting U° to hold a ballot bf strike
2003 Abolition of the Office of the Lord Chancellor
replaced by a Department for Constitutional
2007 Ministry of Justice
Out of the blue but impact on constitution and separation of powers
Lord Chancellor = leader of HoL and Center of 3 pow (exec, legis, jud)
2009
Supreme Court replaced Law Lords
court of last resort //US
Criticism ?
1997-2007 statistics
gap poor-rich widened
increase in dependency
stifling work incentives
From wn Party
too centered
D. The state of the Conservative Party
deep divisions
non charismatic leaders
Hague + Howard
x able to challenge Blair
until 2005 Cameron
MAY 2005 G.E
Lab + Cons close in % votes
N.L in trouble
Blair == Bliar bc of Iraq
II. 2005-2010 The Third Mandate : into oblivion
A. July 2005
aft the G.E bid for 2012 Olympic Games
6th = won
7th terrorist attack in LDN
52 D / 700 injured
Shock for the nation
Multiculturalism failed
4 of suicide bombers british
3 from religious families
unlawful killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
B. Questioning the decision to go to war (iraq)
role on 7/7?
WoMD affair
2 official inquiries
Hutton report on suicide of Kelly
Doctor pushed to give evidence ; exxagerated
Butler report
on flaws in intelligence gathering prior to war
Blair x guilty of lying
BUT
polls said another story
by-election results
Cons more pop
Relations w TUs bad
C. Blair/ Brown feud + its repercussions
personal internal strife
divided over the euro
2002 q° joining the euro
Blair = ptcal gain :check: // Brown financial gain :red_cross:
Blair wanted referendum
instead 5 tests were made
If pbm emerge is there sufficient flexibility to deal w them?
Will joining EMU promote higher growth, stability + a lasting increase in jobs?
Brown + Ed Balls
Impossible join
Brown won
Blair suffering first defeats
November 2005
Defeat of Terrorism Act
expend number of days of detention of suspescted terroriststo 90 w/o charges
March 2006
wins controversial school reform plans in Commons BUT
APRIL 2006
Deputy PM John Prescott admits affair
May 2006
Lab loses + than 300 councillors in local elect°
Home + Foreign secretary replaced
radical Cabinet reshuffle
September 2006
tensions B+B ++
Brown demanded timetable for Blair's departure
2007
May
lab loses ground in local elect°
Blair announces he will step down as PM on 27/06
Brown took over
Blair became major force // Brexit
D. 2007-2010 Brown's depressing years
Blair's resignation
Became Roman Catholic
never said he regretted war in Iraq
Brown's touch
led v. Cons policies during Blair 1st mandate
massive expansion in pub spending in 2001
improve pub services
x financed through taxation
pub deficit
Northern Rock Bank Scandal
ppl in line to get money out = bank run
x enough money in coffers to give ppl back
bank about to collapse
NATIONALISATION
role in worldwide recession
Expense scandal crisis
cash for Q° scandal
FEB 2010
Poll
37% CONS
35% LAB
EU Constitution
was to come in force in Nov 2006
Blair promised referendum
2005 x ratified by FR+ DENMARK
DEC 1997 The Lisbon Treaty
signed by brown
2008 x referendum
approved by Parliament in March
EU Q° festering
E. Attempt to assess the situation of Britain during Blair-Brown years
Pop° change
++ size and distrib° pop°
natural increase + immig°
Ageing pop° (++ demands)
Multiculturalism
Impact of 7/7
Segregation/ Racism
commT stay together
Challenges to liberal values
decline in soc / relig values
skepticism abt politics
disputes over education
maintenance of privilege
low standards in public life
financial crisis
Perfect storm for massive changes
III. The 2010 G.E : into the unkown
A. Coalition gov
6 May
hung parliament
x majT
Lab
258 seats, 29%
Tories
307 seats, 36%
Lib Dem
57, 23%
11 MAY
Brown resigns
Coalition gov Cameron + Clegg
Cons+ LIB-DEM
1st coal° x during war
move to center
red conservatism?
B. The future of New Labour?
Election of a new leader
ED Miliband
SEPT 2010
Brother David Miliband
both councillors
ed brown
david blair
unable to make party win
New Labour?
move to left
Return to "Labour Party"
SEPT 2015
Jeremy Corbyn
more left than FOOT
today return to center = New Labour
only way get elected
Keir Starmer since 2020