British Politics TodaySince the 1970s, British politics has undergone something of a revolution: the collapse of strong class allegiance to parties, the recovery of an economy once perceived to be in terminal decline, the near 20 year rule of the Tories, and the extraordinary emergence and establishment of the Blair New Labour Party. Together with these changes, we have also seen the reshaping of the civil service, the establishment of devolved assemblies, the reform of