By Clive S. Thomas
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New Labour is now more clearly a catchall party that is keen to deemphasize its historical association with the trade union movement and that has successfully appealed to various segments of society, most notably the middle classes and business. 2 This process is well advanced in New Labour and is clearly illustrated in the foreword to the 1997 Labour Party Conference Guide in which Tony Blair demonstrated his catchall credentials, stating, “We are breaking down the barriers between different sections of society, standing at the centre and reaching out to all.
Although these developments demonstrate the decline of trade union influence within the Labour Party, trade unions remain important. 3 Changes in funding as they affect party-group relations in both major parties are covered in more detail later. The Party Conference The most transparent point of contact between political parties and interest groups in Britain occurs at the annual party conferences at which over 150 organizations have exhibitor stands. The Labour Party conference in 1995 had 165 exhibitor stands; there were 209 in 1996 and 199 in 1997.
Note: a. Calculated by scoring each ranking 1 for first, 2 for second, and so on, the lowest total indicating first and the highest ninth. 3%) said the ranking varied with the issue. 40 THE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRACIES On the surface, the changing ideological orientation that came with the Thatcher government (1979–1990) appeared at first to be moving to change this long-standing cozy relationship between major interest groups and the bureaucracy. Interest groups were generally denigrated as a largely unnecessary evil.
