23: John Major: From Brixton to Downing Street (Part 1)
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The Conservative Party and Individuals Against Class and Envy and Ressentment
Tony Partney True: I wasn't especially opposed to labor. The chance of the individual's chance to do for himself what he wishes to achieve rather to have it collectively done was something appealed to me very much indeed. And so John, can I get you to come back to the question of conservatism and individuals against class and envy and resentment? Roy's getting very tribal in his old age. He basically was, you say, Tory Goode, labor bad. Sir John, I'd love to,. as we talk, come back that more because obviously you've become a great icon in later life of people like me and Alistair who are centrists.
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