Tony Blair: Thatcherism in drag

Tony Blair’s biggest legacy is to have made the UK safe for Thatcherism. Take the measurable things that happened during his 10 years as British prime minister. The Bank of England gained independence. Britain did not go into the euro. The City was left to flourish. House prices quadrupled. The economy enjoyed its longest economic expansion in 200 years. Unemployment fell. Productivity rose. Nothing was renationalised - apart from the spectacularly failed exception of Railtrack. Britons are now,...