examines the words on offer in Tony Blair's new "IT OFFERS an excellent guide to what the next LaCLAUSE FOUR FIGHT bour government will do."
These words from former Labour leader Michael Foot, welcoming Tony Blair's new Clause Four, sum up the problem.
Blair's determination to force through a new Clause flows from his relentless drive to ditch any radical commitment in advance of the nayt election The formulation he has put forward encapsulates the timid policy options for a Labour government wedded to the market system.
Of course there is a load of flannel in the first paragraph about enabling individuals to 'realise our true potential' and a Fantasy Island aspiration to a world without class divisions, where nothing impedes 'a spirit of solidarity, tolerance and respect'.
Tooth and claw But in the real framework of a capitalist system red in tooth and claw, Blair is promising a Labour government's solidarity with the bankers, tolerance of unemployment, and respect for the private profits and property of the ruling class.
This is spelled out quite clearly in the second paraket and the rigour of competition are joined with the forces of partnership and coSOCIALIST OUTLOOK No. 80, March 25 1995, Page 3.