Better or Worse?

Labour's second term is drawing to a close. What have they really achieved in the last four years? Did Iraq overshadow all? Did public services improve after all? Were the targets reached, the promises met? In Better or Worse? Toynbee and Walker do a thorough audit of hospitals, schools, trains, climate change, the constitution and the countryside and find the hard facts. The verdict? Blair II delivered. Figures show that Britain is safer, better educated, better off all round. But people don't believe it and the polls reveal this growing public mistrust. This is Labour's most profound failure. What caused this rift between perception and reality? Was it Blair's political style or the growing irresponsibility of the press? Incisive, comprehensive and fair, Better or Worse? gets away from the personalities and the spin to reveal the true political picture of Blair's Britain now. This is an essential analysis of the Labour Party's performance during the last four years.

ISBN 0747579822   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780747579823 (What's this?)   Pages 352 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC   Published in London Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC   Height (mm) 198 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 129 Publication date 07 Feb 2005   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY 324.24107   Academic level General

1		Healthier?		11
2		Fairer?		47
3		Wiser?		85
4		Wealthier?		126
5		Warmonger?		168
6		Safer?		195
7		Greener?		234
8		Better governed?		270
9		Future Britain?		300
App		Labour's legislation 2001-05		329

"An indispensable audit of what Labour did and did not achieve. Forget the promises - here are the results." Andrew Marr

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