The paradox is that, for a man who wielded so much power for so long, it is unclear what domestic legacy, if any, Blair will leave. Blairism was a mood, a style, but, in substantive terms, it represented no radical break with the Thatcherite legacy that New Labour repackaged so cleverly, and, in fairness, administered more humanely than the Iron Lady ever did.
似是而非的是，在掌控如此重要的权力如此之久以后，谁也说不清布莱尔会对英国国内留下什么影响，如果有影响的话。布莱尔主义是一种基调，一种风格，但是本质上，它和撒切尔主义如出一辙，尽管经过了新工党的精心包装，而且公平的说，比铁娘子的执政更人道一些。