The present Government has done and is doing some things that appear bizarre now, never mind what they will look like to historians (giving a knighthood to Tim Martin is a footnote).
However Government papers released by the National Archives have painted a distinctly odd geography of New Labour, apparently centred around Blair.
There was a proposal to relocate the then Premiership football team Wimbledon FC to Belfast and change its name to Belfast United (it eventually ended in Milton Keynes as the obscure MK Dons). This didn’t happen.
There was also a proposal to hold people seeking asylum in a camp on the Isle of Mull, these days known for a whisky distillery and a creamery that makes excellent cheddar cheese. That didn’t happen further.
Its a reflection of the frustrations that Blair felt when his ideas didn’t happen. Before too long of course he gave up reimagining UK geography and moved on to a global scale with results we are still living with
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