The unions had that power because the work they did was servicing those big industries and services which are no longer there. It has to be said that the power was not always handled responsibly, but that was noexcuse for the destruction that followed,

labour's better because more people are working. and a lot of social good flows from that. Blair followed Bush because he saw Wilson picking pieces out of his ass for the next ten years after becoming a refusenik over Vietnam.

that's the world we live in. we tried putting in holy fools to lead the labour party with Michael Foot - it doesn't work.