Blair to Focus on Immigration
Tony Blair is to continue his so called 'masochism strategy' today by drawing the focus to Labour's immigration plans.
The 'masochism strategy' has been carefully conceived and applied in order to make Blair seem accountable to 'real people'.
So far, Blair has faced carefully selected friendly pensioners; carefully selected friendly reporters and GMTV. Indeed, Wednesday's Paxman interview could be seen as the only vaguely masochistic step of this Labour campaign - apart from letting Gordon Brown within stabbing reach of his back.
The shift in focus to Labours immigration policies is then a significant step. Don't expect any Daily Mail journalists to be allowed into the press conferences though…
The 'masochism strategy' has been carefully conceived and applied in order to make Blair seem accountable to 'real people'.
So far, Blair has faced carefully selected friendly pensioners; carefully selected friendly reporters and GMTV. Indeed, Wednesday's Paxman interview could be seen as the only vaguely masochistic step of this Labour campaign - apart from letting Gordon Brown within stabbing reach of his back.
The shift in focus to Labours immigration policies is then a significant step. Don't expect any Daily Mail journalists to be allowed into the press conferences though…
