Diamond, Patrick,

Labour's civil wars : how infighting has kept the left from power (and what can be done about it) / Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice. - viii, 312 pages ; 23 cm

Why Labour is given to civil wars -- Government or opposition : the 1931 split and the fall of Ramsay MacDonald -- Revisionists versus fundamentalists : Gaitskill and Bevan at War 1951-1964 -- The Bennite revolt and the birth of the Social Democratic party : Healey, Benn, and Jenkins 1964-87 -- New Labour at war : Blair and Brown's dual premiership 1997-2010 -- The left insurgency, Corbyn's leadership, and the succession of Keir Starmer -- Conclusion : the way ahead.

9781913368593


Labour Party (Great Britain)--History.


Great Britain--Politics and government.

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