Minister for the Millenium Mandelson (oh those nifty New Labour alliterations) spent £789 million on the Dome - a respectable sum even in these days, never mind 1998, before his resignation was required over mortgage application falsities.
Blair claimed the Dome would be "a triumph of confidence over cynicism, boldness over blandness, excellence over mediocrity" the Dome was to be highlighted as "a glittering New Labour achievement in the next election manifesto".
Reports that Trinity College Cambridge is picking it up for £20 million - and arguing about it even at that price - put a value, and a perspective, on New Labour and its worth as opposed to its spending.
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