Dear Peter, here’s how to revive the Labour party

Daniel Finkelstein, an adviser to John Major and William Hague, explains how Labour can avoid making the same mistakes that the Tories did during their wilderness years

From magazine issue: 26 September 2009

issue 26 September 2009

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Daniel Finkelstein

Dear Peter, here’s how to revive the Labour party
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To: Peter Mandelson
From: Daniel Finkelstein
Re: What Labour should do now

I was, naturally, flattered to be informed that you would like me to provide you with a memo of advice on how Labour should cope with its predicament. As I explained to your assistant, I do not have much of a history of helping out the leadership of the Labour party.