This discourse had a profound impact on the Labour Party under both Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair, although Hall later decried New Labour as operating on "terrain defined by Thatcherism".
Diskursus ini amat berdampak bagi Partai Buruh, di bawah pimpinan Neil Kinnock dan Tony Blair, meskipun Hall kemudian menyayangkan Buruh Baru yang menurutnya "beroperasi menurut lanskap yang didefinisikan Thatcherisme".