New Labour

1. A movement to update Britain 's Labour Party by discarding the traditional Labour platform calling for state ownership of the means of production. The movement has been led by Tony Blair, who became prime minister in 1997 after guiding the Labour Party to victory. Under Blair's leadership, Labour again won in 2001, the first time the party had ever won successive general elections.

Example Sentences

The Cool Britannia mood of 1997 had looked forward in eager and largely misplaced optimism to the New Labour future.

From The Daily Beast

Tony Blair managed to decontaminate the losing Labour brand in 1994 by rechristening his party “ New Labour.”

From The Daily Beast

And there were also orange labels, if I remember rightly, to represent the new Labour party, and green for the Irish.

From Project Gutenberg

The new labour-saving inventions were at first regarded with jealousy by the workmen.

From Project Gutenberg

We learn that the new Labour daily is substantially backed by a nobleman of pronounced democratic ideals.

From Project Gutenberg

To this new labour he gave himself with all his heart, and was eminently successful.

From Project Gutenberg

Flour is a means of production to which the baker adds new labour.

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