(UFRGS -1998)1 The Labour election victory in Brit
(UFRGS - 1998)
1 The Labour election victory in Britain has done something extraordinary: it has transformed the nation. "Everything has changed", announced the front page of The Independent. On the day after May Day, lots of people were smiling, reported The Observer. They had, they said, got rid of the Conservatives. The 1smiling voters had made sure, for several years at least, and possibly forever that "they" had been banished.
2 After 18 years of Tory 2rule, the British voters have had a change of heart. Toney Blair's new government now has the largest majority the House of Commons has seen in decades. He has become the most powerful peacetime British Prime Minister this century. And he has started to exercise this power immediately.
3 3As the new Prime Minister, he should have reached the door of 10 Downing Street in a chauffter-driven car, waved to the crowd and walked inside. 4Instead he began a presidential style walk-about, shaking hands and smiling broadly. As it follows, during their first few days of power, the new government announced changes 5both in style and in 6policy that will impact on British political life for decades.
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