Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2019
In 2002, speaking at a school in east London, Prime Minister Tony Blair promised to “redistribute power, wealth, and opportunity.” This uncharacteristic – and perhaps unguarded, given the venue – remark was “one of the first times the prime minister has used the word ‘redistribute’ unprompted,” according to the Guardian reporter who covered the speech (The Guardian 2002). The surprised reporter went on to declare that redistribution was “previously a taboo expression in New Labour.”
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