tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post8725107741050987706..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: 'Window dressing'Tom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-57442695136823082882009-06-05T19:20:20.454+01:002009-06-05T19:20:20.454+01:00Indeed. Describing New Labour's effects on our...Indeed. Describing New Labour's effects on our national life as 'achievements' is strange enough in itself. Describing them as 'monumental' is macabre.<br /><br />But perhaps that's not what you meant.<br /><br />On the specific issue of 'window dressing', the increased role of women in New Labour seems to me correlated not with some kind of feminist victory within what's left of the historical Labour Party (that, I think, is a myth unfortunately) but rather with the growth of 'affective labour' in the workplace.Zio Bastonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066899839752174167noreply@blogger.com