British election blog: good news for Conservatives

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Another good indicator for the Conservatives: their margin in the middle class district of Putney, southwest of central London, increased from 42%-38% in 2005 to 52%-27% tonight. This was a seat that Tony Blair’s New Labour won 46%-39% in 1997 and 46%-38% in 2001. New Labour, as I argued in my column last Sunday, is history. New Labour attracted a lot of affluent voters. Gordon Brown’s Old Labour seems unable to do so.

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