NOTHING is certain in this world except death and taxes, claimed Benjamin
Franklin. If he were alive today in Britain, the great man might add to his list
the re-election this week of Tony Blair and his New Labour. Unless a lot of
people have been fibbing to a lot of the pollsters, Labour will trounce the
rival Conservative party just as soundly as it did in 1997. Except this time
there won’t be much dancing in the streets.
In Britain as in other affluent nations, interest in party politics is
plummeting, especially among the young. Look at the voting…
