After struggling with its past, is the Labour party looking to the future?

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After struggling with its past, is the Labour party looking to the future?

Tony Blair left Downing Street nearly 17 years ago, but in terms of his impact on the Labour party, it’s almost like he never left. After Gordon Brown led Labour into the 2010 general election, and lost, the party entered what has turned out to be a lengthy spell in opposition. Labour changed a lot after that point, including some ways nobody could have predicted. There was a common theme, though, which I describe in my book, Getting Over New La…