This scandal grew organically out of New Labour's love of wealth

Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | This scandal grew organically out of New Labour's love of wealth: "No one who followed Blair in the 1990s can be surprised that he chased the favours of plutocrats. The stories are legion of Blair's personal admiration, even awe, for men who have made serious money. Nearly 10 years have passed since I was first told that Blair tended to go 'dewy-eyed' and starstruck when in the company of wealth. Ideologically, too, the fit was natural: Blairism holds that market mechanisms contain a solution for almost every problem. When he demands that a public service reform itself, it usually means he wants it to behave more like a private company."

So says Jonathan Freedland. Personally I thought Blair was a conservative in 1994 when he became the leader of the Labour Party. I wonder if these 'legion' stories are documented anywhere.

Oh well, not long to go now, perhaps.

The legacy, the legacy...