“Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education. We are 35th in the world league of education standards – 35th. At every level, radical improvement and reform.”

— Tony Blair

"We are back as the people's party, says Blair", The Times, 2 October 1996.
1990s

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