I was just flipping through Blair’s autobiography. Once I got over his nauseating writing style, it occurred to me what a masterstroke of PR it’s publication was. It serves to remind us all what a breath of fresh air New Labour was; how the entire country was once besotted with a fresh-faced young prime minister. One who, unlike our current one, you felt really believed in what he was saying. Of course, history will not be kind to Tony Blair, and rightly so. Dragging us into an unjust war was unforgivable, and Ricardio is right to label him a scumbag for it. Yet this means that history will forget the good he did: the thirteen or so prosperous years, the new schools, the beginnings of inclusion. I’ve only just started reading, but I hope this book reminds us of the good New Labour did.