From: Timothy Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Date: Mon Mar 01 1999 - 22:17:33 MST
Third way is the term coined (I believe) by Tony Blair to describe his "New
Labour" Labour party. Not conservative, not left wing - a new, third, way.
This term gained support from the important "early-adopter" and opinion
leader segment who are attracted by a shiny new phrase. It is also used to
describe the recently elected socialist government of Germany along with
other new-left European Governments.
Defining it is hard as it is a moving target. It essentially means not
nationalizing industry, getting slightly sane about local council schooling
policies, but also enacting and enforcing a social-contract where we are all
required to behave decently and in society's best interests. Those interests
are variously defined but increasingly appear to mean a vision of society as
defined by what in Britain is called the Blue Stocking brigade: kindly,
conservative, bleeding hearts who believe in pro-active state intervention.
My Blair is a religious man and part of the motivating sentiment of the
third way is that we are our brothers keepers.
>> I am not at all sure about the UK or even Europe in general now that the
>> "third way" juggernaut has begun to roll.
>
> Explain please "third way" juggernaut? spike
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