What would I give to hear an American president make a Monty Python reference in a major speech! This is from Tony Blair’s speech to the Labour Party conference:
And the daftest thing said about New Labour is not the usual “What have the Romans ever done for us?” Like someone I met at the TUC, who said: “What have you ever done for trade unionists?” I said: “What about the right to union recognition?”
“Yeah, but apart from that?”
“The first ever minimum wage.”
“Yeah, alright, but ….”
“Or the Social Chapter, paid holidays, restoration of union rights at GCHQ, an end to blacklisting, information and consultation rights”.
Full text here.
A Thinking Reed 
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