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Blair memoirs show that it's time to move on from New Labour

1 September 2010

As voting begins today (1 September 2010) for Labour leader, Tony Woodley, Unite joint general secretary, urges voters to move on from New Labour to reconnect with working people and take on the Con-Dems.

Said Tony Woodley: "No matter what Tony Blair says in his book, Britain lost faith in New Labour. The Iraq war is a stain on this nation, and New Labour pandered to the casino capitalists in the city. His memoirs show that it is time to move on and I hope Labour and Britain will do so with Ed Miliband, the candidate who offers a break from the past.

"Ed Miliband's loyalty is to Labour and to Britain. Labour lost the election not because middle England deserted New Labour but because New Labour deserted working people. Britain needs a Labour leader who is prepared to reconnect with working people because after the wreckage left by the Con-Dems they will need a prime minister who is on their side."

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