Workers' Liberty 24, September 1995

Blair and the press: the honeymoon is over

Up until two months ago, Tony Blair could do no wrong. He was the golden boy of the media, and you would have been hard pressed to find a word said against him in even the most right-wing newspapers. The a previously unknown backbench MP makes a speech and suddenly the honeymoon with the press is well and truly over. The Guardian and The Independent have chosen now to highlight Roy Hattersley's long standing dispute with the Blair leadership on education. The Independent also decided to break the news of Blair's inability to talk to the press about last year's signal workers' dispute without...

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