Poor people lives got better under Blair, whereas the Tories have gutted large amounts of the state. If it wasn't for Iraq people would (and do if you ask them

Poor people lives got better under Blair, whereas the Tories have gutted large amounts of the state. If it wasn't for Iraq people would (and do if you ask them specifics) look back on New Labour policy favourably. It's very easy to wax poetical about systemic change, and I often will too, but i don't want this government's absolutely awful record to be swept under a rug of abstraction.