The Bruges Group spearheaded the intellectual battle to win a vote to leave the European Union and, above all, against the emergence of a centralised EU state.
The Labour party was always proud of being Socialist. Although a Fabian Marxist, Tony Blair knew that he could not sell Socialism. By getting rid of clause four he made Labour palatable. By claiming to be Margaret Thatcher's heir he reassured a gullible public that things had really changed. His master stroke however was re-branding his party as Pr...