Tony Blair’s business affair
IN MOST developed countries—in America, in Germany, even in Scandinavia—Labour's business manifesto, published on April 11th, would seem too ordinary to warrant comment. Capitalism, competition, the single European market and flexible labour markets: snore, snore, and move on to the real political issues, such as the balance between taxation and spending, and the social issues of health, education and crime.
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