Actually the British Conservative party leaked the memo to get at the currently Socialist light Labour party and at Blair in their last election.
If so, it's entirely in keeping with current Tories 'leadership' grounded in their masterful grasp of "Dole in '96" election theory, as the election gave the most to the Libs.
As long as Blair pounds the Third Way and the EUCon right up his juxy and retains a hint of Scoop Jacksonism abroad, the Tories need to produce another Thatcher...