Tony Blair and his New Labour party had a good Labor Party Conference week with Blair making a memorable final speech that was well received.

Steve Bell

Yet Blair is delaying his departure, the speech is only words, the public mood appears to be that Labour has had its day and Labour is still divided, confused and fearful. They are in conflict over the government's use of private contractors in the National Health Service and the Blairite cure for the weaknesses of the NHS: creating more competition between public and private hospitals.