This from Matthew Taylor – the former No.10 head of policy, speaking to the Times
for their series (£) on the fall of New Labour – deserves a post of its own:
“For me, New Labour died when Tony bought Gordon an ice cream in 2005. I remember sitting in Downing St two days after the election win and chucking into the bin the proposal to break up the Treasury.”
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