So James Purnell has resurfaced after his resignation from the Cabinet last month, and he’s done so with some aplomb. He’s interviewed in tomorrow’s Guardian, but the paper are running a preview article on their website. Among other things, the former work and pensions secretary attacks Labour for being backwards-looking and announces the starts of a new three-year project looking into the future of the party. Here are some snippets:
“In his first major interview since he quit as work and pensions secretary last month, Purnell likens that period in politics to the dynamism and excitement of the music scene generated around Oasis and Blur. ‘All those Blairite, New Labour labels … for me it’s a bit like Britpop – I feel nostalgic for it, it was absolutely right for its time, but that time was 1994.’
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