The British arm of his outfit is ostensibly independent and bipartisan, but it is evidently in-step with Sir Keir Starmer’s agenda. Many of its staff expect backroom jobs in a future Labour government
And, after a long froideur, much of his party is mesmerised again. Sir Tony was repudiated mostly because of the invasion of Iraq and because it grew unwilling to wear the compromises on high ideals that electoral success demand. His successors—Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn—defined their own projects against his, to electoral defeat.
The two men speak often, but this was their first joint appearance in public. It amounted to a mutual public blessing. Sir Keir defined his priorities as “growth, growth, growth”, in a homage to Sir Tony’s “education, education, education.” Sir Tony, meanwhile, told Sir Keir he had taken the party from the brink of extinction to the brink of government. “You’ve done an amazing job,” he said.
Westminster’s policy shops are often poor and parochial places of instant coffee in basement rooms. Sir Tony’s outfit has money, connections and strikingly good grub. President Emmanuel Macron of France sent the conference a video address; Henry Kissinger, the American diplomat, recorded an interview on China; a host of bosses of artificial intelligence firms spoke. Overseas, his institute acts as a consultancy to governments in Africa and Asia, and draws income from international agencies.
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