an unofficial name used to talk about the British Labour Party before it was changed by TonyBlair in the 1990s. Old Labour was more left wing, and supported the idea of increasing taxes to pay for public services such as education and health.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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