Parallel lines
My enterprising colleagues in the newsroom have dug out the report of Tony Blair's first appearance as leader of the opposition at Prime Minister's Questions, in which he told the BBC that he wanted to get away from "soundbite politics". (You can see that archive report here.) The parallels don't end there - the first question he asked was about the chancellor of the exchequer - then, as now, seen as being at odds with the prime minister. Deliciously, Tony Blair, who always accuses the Tories of being obsessed with Europe, also mentioned precisely that subject.
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