Phrase guide
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noun
A stereotypical male identified as the sort of voter the Labour Party needed to attract to win the 1997 election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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History
After the Ford Mondeo, a family car, popularised by a phrase used by Tony Blair at the Labour Party conference in 1996, though the vehicle Blair mentioned was actually a Ford Sierra.
