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Line 20: − Britain has never had a mainstream socialist party. At its inception, the Labour Party borrowed socialist ideas by committing itself to a program of nationalization under 'Clause 4' of their Consitution, but was always fundamentally committed to the British State and the Westminser model of British government. Clause 4 was formally dropped after the election of [[Tony Blair]] as Party leader, signaling the creation of 'New' Labour.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2515000/2515825.stm</ref> The British governments of 1945-1950 and 1950-1951 under Clement Atlee implemented the nationalization of several industries and utilities. The best known example is the nationalization of health care to create the National Health Service (NHS). This made - literally overnight - health care free at the point of delivery for everybody in Britain.+
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== Britain, the Labour Party and socialism ==
== Britain, the Labour Party and socialism ==
At its inception, the Labour Party borrowed socialist ideas by committing itself to a program of nationalization under 'Clause 4' of their Consitution, but was always fundamentally committed to the British State and the Westminser model of British government. Clause 4 was formally dropped after the election of [[Tony Blair]] as Party leader, signaling the creation of 'New' Labour.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/21/newsid_2515000/2515825.stm</ref> The British governments of 1945-1950 and 1950-1951 under Clement Atlee implemented the nationalization of several industries and utilities. The best known example is the nationalization of health care to create the National Health Service (NHS). This made - literally overnight - health care free at the point of delivery for everybody in Britain.
Today, Tony Blair's New Labour is virtually indistinguishable from the right-of-center Conservative Party, and is committed not to socialist economic planning but to the neo-liberal economics that characterised [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s premiership of the 1980s and [[John Major]]'s of the 1990s. Consequently, inequality overall has continued to increase under 'New' Labour since coming to power in 1997.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4989070.stm<ref>
Today, Tony Blair's New Labour is virtually indistinguishable from the right-of-center Conservative Party, and is committed not to socialist economic planning but to the neo-liberal economics that characterised [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s premiership of the 1980s and [[John Major]]'s of the 1990s. Consequently, inequality overall has continued to increase under 'New' Labour since coming to power in 1997.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4989070.stm<ref>