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A Revealing Twist in the Mad ’Tax and Spend’ Debate

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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The Pre-Election Tax and Spend Debate

Blair used the House of Commons like a newsroom in that early phase. I remember David Blunkett telling me the education that he probably didn't need legislation. The papers went crazy the next day. They had contrived a news line, which of course, he delivered brilliantly and convincingly. And now tax and spend will be the mad thing.

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