Vote Blair

Guardian, 29 April 1997
One last kiss of life for democracy
by Linda Grant

It's two days before the 1997 general election and Grant shows her colours, explaining that 'maybe things won't be as different as we would like under Labour, but without Labour we don't even have hope'. A defeat for Labour would cause the disintegration of an unelectable main opposition party and the strengthening of the Conservatives, 'not just drunk on their own power, but toxic with it'. Grant 'nails the lies' there is no difference between the two main parties, and that voting doesn't change anything. 'I believe that politics does and can change things.. Allowing the Tories in for a fifth term will unleash a welter of unjust and oppressive laws'.