VALLEYS Labour MP Llew Smith today puts a grenade under the Blair government's general election campaign with a ferocious attack on New Labour policies.
Writing exclusively in the South Wales Argus, Mr Smith, a veteran occupant of an historic seat held by Aneurin Bevan and Michael Foot, calls Tony Blair a hypocrite intent on copying Tory policies.
In an article that will send shockwaves through Downing Street and Welsh Labour, only two days after the high-profile launch of its general election campaign, he said: "No service is safe from New Labour - schools, health, housing and even prisons are all experiencing their privatisation plans."
The left-wing "old" Labour stalwart, who stands down at the general election, goes on to savage Mr Blair on Iraq, fox-hunting, pensions, education and ID cards.
A full version of this story appears on pages four and five of today's Argus.
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