From: "Phil Payne" 

"Adam"  wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5339782.stm
>
> "On Tuesday, in his last speech to the TUC, Mr Blair focused on a very
> different agenda to that outlined in the speech he never gave.
>
> This time, he emphasised the economic and political challenges of
> globalisation, and warned that "there was a mindset of fear" that was
> linking globalisation, immigration and terrorism.

He's clearly trying to get New Labour out from under the
Bush/Cheney/Rumsfled/Rice/Powell house of cards before it collapses. 
Labour Prime Ministers have had much better receptions at the TUC.  I doubt
whether even Thatcher would have got a worse one.

IMO Cameron has an even tougher job there.  It's entirely possible we'll
see a Liberal Democrat balance of power in the next Parliament - neither of
the two big parties have covered themselves in glory.

As an aside - the TUC conference seemed to be in an ordinary conference
auditorium - it used to be in much larger venues.  The TUC itself expects
800 delegates - I'm sure it used to be a lot more.

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