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To What Extent Has Blair Created a new Labour Party? The Labour Party originated in a decision of representatives of socialist societies and trade unions to press for independent working-class representation in Parliament. Labour gained ground steadily, displacing the Liberals in the 1920s as the major party on the centre-left and forming minority governments in 1924 and 1929-31. Labour did not achieve an absolute majority until 1945, however, and although alternating in power with the Conservatives down to 1979 by ruling for seventeen out of the thirty-four years, the party gained a working majority only once more (1966) in this entire period. However, from the vantage point of the 1980s and early 1990s, the pre-1979 era came to seem like the 'good times' for Labour. In the 1980s, the Labour Party experienced a period of internal strife and extremely poor electoral performance. When Neil Kinnock became leader, he was aware the Labour...

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