Makes you proud to be world-class!

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: May 9, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

LABOUR came to power in 1997 promising 'worldclass' public services.This fatuous expression tripped off Tony Blair's tongue more often than TwoJags regurgitated KFC and Carnation Milk.

We were going to have a 'world-class' transport system, 'world-class'education, 'world-class' hospitals, 'world-class' sports facilities'world-class' absolutely bloody everything.

Eleven years on, Gordon Brown is still at it. Since becoming...

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