BRITISH SOCIALISM - LONG DEAD, NOW BURIED

The transformation of the Labour Party had begun before Blair. But Bla ir made a most dramatic impact by throwing overboard key parts of the Labour Party's constitutional commitments to statism and social welfar e. Blair, Brown and Mandelson, the gang of three, coined the name New Labour, to underline the fort that they British capitalism more effici ently than the Tories have been able to do. 'New Conservatives' rather than 'New Labour' would be the most appropriate name for the party th at they have created.