Better principled opposition, than immoral government.
But better morally flawed government than futile quests for perfection, IMO.
Blair's government did quite a lot of good - minimum wage for a start - despite its repudiation of socialist ideology: it didn't go far enough; it shouldn't have expanded PFI programmes; it's been overshadowed by the legacy of war in Iraq, but I could never say that I'd prefer Major to have won a majority in 1997.
I was too young to remember 1997, but it really did surprise me that there was no universal minimum wage (and the tories who want to raise now it completely denounced the idea at the time) before the blair government
But better morally flawed government than futile quests for perfection, IMO.
Blair's government did quite a lot of good - minimum wage for a start - despite its repudiation of socialist ideology: it didn't go far enough; it shouldn't have expanded PFI programmes; it's been overshadowed by the legacy of war in Iraq, but I could never say that I'd prefer Major to have won a majority in 1997.