Is that it?
So. Three great election wins. More than a decade holding the levers of power. Now the memoirs published.
And what was it Tony Blair was all about?
New Labour seems to me shorthand for governing without principle. A feather for each wind that blows ....
Tilt this way, on one issue. Lean that way on another. Impressions crafted, rather than action taken, in response to events.
But beneath his words, carefully calibrated for each audience to draw from them the meaning they sought, what was Blair for?
What great reforms for the better were embarked upon? What great trends were reversed, or false orthodoxies challenged? Which over arching philosophy and principles guided the ship of state?
No. Mainly just a fall out with the neighbours. How apt.