Blair, Labour and Thatcher

Watch: Blair aide says Labour should ‘do to farmers what Thatcher did to miners’
Credit: GBNewsA former aide to Sir Tony Blair has called on Labour to “do to the farmers what Thatcher did to the miners”.John McTernan, who was Sir Tony’s political secretary, told the Chancellor not to budge on her inheritance tax raid on agricultural land,
PM ‘totally disagrees’ with ex-Blair aide’s claim UK does not need small farmers
Former political adviser John McTernan said the Government should ‘do what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners’ to protesting farmers.
Labour criticises Blair aide who said: ‘Do to farmers what Thatcher did to miners’
John McTernan, who has been a supporter of Sir Keir Starmer, said farming is an industry the UK "could do without"
Fury as ex-Tony Blair aide says UK 'doesn't need small farms' in GB News row
Tony Blair's former political secretary was called ‘heartless' last night after going on an anti-farmer rant in defence of Rachel Reeves' tax hike.
Ex-Labour adviser John McTernan suggests doing to farms 'what Thatcher did to coal mines'
The prime minister has distanced himself from comments made by John McTernan, which come as the government deals with an ongoing row with farmers over inheritance tax changes.
Fury as Tony Blair's ex-adviser claims Labour can 'do to farmers what Margaret Thatcher did to miners' and says Britain 'doesn't need small farms'
John McTernan, a former top aide to Tony Blair and a key supporter of Sir Keir Starmer, said the PM could do to farmers 'what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners'.
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Government 'can do to farmers what Margaret Thatcher did to the miners', says former Labour adviser
One of Tony Blair’s ex advisers John McTernan claimed small ... “If they want to go on the streets we can do to them what ...
Top Blair adviser who said ‘we don’t need small farmers’ disowned by Starmer
John McTernan, who served as Tony Blair’s political secretary, sparked fury as he said family farming is ‘an industry we can ...
This cruel Government is the nastiest since the 1970s
The spiteful remark of John McTernan, a former Labour adviser, about “doing to the farmers what Margaret Thatcher did to the ...
Former Spin Doctor's comment on Farmers and Thatcher condemned by SNP
A former aid to Tony Blair has been criticised by the SNP after he said the Government "should do farmers what Thatcher did to ...
Labour blasted for refusing to mark Margaret Thatcher centenary
Robert Colvile, director of the Centre for Policy Studies, which was founded by Lady Thatcher in 1974, said: “Margaret ...
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Review: The end of neoliberalism
In 'Tyranny, Inc.,' Sohrab Ahmari supplies a framework and examples of what has shaped the desperate plight of a growing ...
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Thatcher, Blair and a brief history of class in British politics – podcast
Margaret Thatcher said that her greatest achievement was Tony Blair. The Thatcher years created a different sort of Labour Party … which necessarily wasn’t the party of trade unions to the ...