Tony’s cronies?
In the first of a series of articles on Britain’s new establishment, we look at how Tony Blair selects his advisers
IT HAS been a revolution. In behind Tony Blair's New Labour government a new power elite has sprung up, thrusting aside the old. Gone are the crusty judges, the retired civil servants, the stuffy corporate bigwigs and the puffed-up trade unionists who dominated life in the old Britain. In has come a new breed: young, creative, dynamic, modern. Welcome to Camelot.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Tony’s cronies?”
From the August 7th 1999 edition
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