They’ve got to go further, stop the rhetoric and really look at slavery, which is part of our economy now. We completely exploit labourers in developing countries to make sure we in the West get our cheap products Some people say Blair is a strong leader. But I feel let down.”The Government’s record on international human rights has been bitterly disappointing. The Iraqi invasion has had a devastating cost in terms of human lives and was entirely based on lies. What the hell are we doing being a bloody shadow to Bush?”I could never trust or vote for Blair again.

He is more impressive in the flesh than on television, more confident.”"I now have a lot more confidence in them, and will be voting Labour again. It is hard to forgive Tony Blair for not waiting for the second resolution of the UN over Iraq, but otherwise I think they are doing very well.”Anita Roddick, Founder of the Body Shop”I’ve been a Labour supporter my entire life In 1997, I was so excited about Blair getting into power. We need to remove the prerogative powers from the Prime Minister and make him legally obliged to ask Parliament before deciding to go to war. He made an obscure reference to a book I had written about the Carr’s biscuit factory, which seemed extraordinary He had really done his homework. I like to stand in the corner and watch, but find circulating agony.”But I was very impressed by Tony Blair, he shook hands with a long line of people, and gave a small remark to show that he knew exactly who they were. I was worried if Labour were competent because they had been in opposition for so long, and had an inexperienced, young leader.”I do not enjoy parties but went because I was interested in seeing the inside of Downing Street. The economy is excellent and they have stuck to what they have said they will do.

I came out of hospital last Wednesday and the operation was first class, although I could see that the hospital – the Royal Free in Hampstead – was undermanned and worn down. But I am still going to vote Labour.”I am disappointed by Iraq, and my only worry about Tony is that he gave into Bush. I thought he must know things that we don’t know, but now we know that is cobblers. I think he made an appalling mistake.”Margaret Forster, Novelist; her work is said to be enjoyed by Cherie Blair”I can hardly remember 1997. Economic growth and stability is down to Brown, and Blair has said he will not stand in another election.”If he gets a thumping majority then he may hang on, but it is like when a football manager says he will go in two years, and then he resigns in six months.”Hunter Davies, Writer and biographer of the Beatles”I was thrilled to be invited. It was brilliant, jolly and exciting.”Surprise, surprise, I am going to vote for them again.

I met the fragrant Cherie, who takes such bad photographs – and people take deliberately bad photographs of her – but in the flesh she is lovely. The party feels like it’s over.”I am not sure who I will be voting for, I will be wrestling with my conscience because of equating Tony Blair with Iraq. If you take Iraq out of the equation, then they have done a reasonable job. If I were the Labour Party I would be telling the public: ‘You have never had it so good.’”There have been some stealth taxes and hospitals could be better, but there is no doubt that there has been a modicum of improvement in public services.”But if you vote Blair then you get Brown, which seems like a good idea. It was a celebratory party with a ‘brave new world’ feel to it.

I imagine that most of those celebrities would think twice about going to a similar celebration now. I feel that Tony Blair has always had good intentions, has had to work within certain constraints and had to make major decisions, such as over Iraq, but he seems to have lost sight of what a Labour party should be.”As a socialist all my life, I am very concerned that the Labour Party has seemed to move more and more to the right over the course of his premiership.”I will continue to vote Labour and hope that public opinion and maybe Gordon Brown’s possible elevation to leader of the party will transform them back to a true socialist party.”Piers MorganThen editor of the Daily Mirror, which became a cheerleader for New Labour. Sacked after publishing fake pictures suggesting British soldiers were torturing Iraqis”I went to the July party, and the atmosphere was euphoric.”Celebrities like Noel Gallagher and Mick Hucknall were thrilled to be associated with New Labour. It was clearly a PR exercise and I do not think that the guests’ political opinions, if they had any, were really taken note of, but it was great fun.”When Labour came into power there was an atmosphere of hope in the country after an extremely destructive Tory government, which seems to have disappeared.