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18: George Osborne: Austerity, Boris Johnson, and the UK's next Prime Minister

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Tony Blair and the Tories in the Opposition

Alistair Campbell says there was a period when Tony Blair was prime minister where we sort of felt invincible against some of George and David Cameron's predecessors. He believes they learned the wrong lessons about us, with too much focus on media management as opposed to challenging the party. But he adds: 'We used to force ourselves to imagine that Ian Duncan Smith could become Prime Minister'

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