Ten years in the death of the Labour Party / Tom Harris.
By: Harris, Tom (Member of Parliament) [author.]
.Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2018Description: xii, 324 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785902239.Subject(s): Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 1997-2010 | Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 2010- | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2010 | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2010-DDC classification: 324.24107 Summary: For the first eighteen months of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Labour MPs were in open revolt. Labour seemed to be returning to the early1980s, when old-school Marxists tried to seize control of the party, at an appalling electoral cost.
So when Theresa May called a snap election, it seemed that time was finally up for Labour – voters would consign it to the history books. Yet on 8 June 2017, it was the Conservatives who were left with egg on their faces.
But how long can the uneasy peace between moderate, anti-Corbyn MPs and the leader’s loyal grassroots activists last? Does Corbyn’s ‘victory’ give cause for celebration? Or is the Labour Party, as generations of voters have known it, finally coming to an end?
From Gordon Brown’s momentous decision not to call an election in 2007 and Ed Miliband’s crushing defeat in 2015 to the continued rise of Corbynmania, ex-Labour MP Tom Harris examines the seismic events in Labour’s recent history and the decisions that have shaped its fortunes. Biteback website. https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/ten-years-in-the-death-of-the-labour-party
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 324.24107 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 015035 |
For the first eighteen months of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, Labour MPs were in open revolt. Labour seemed to be returning to the early1980s, when old-school Marxists tried to seize control of the party, at an appalling electoral cost.
So when Theresa May called a snap election, it seemed that time was finally up for Labour – voters would consign it to the history books. Yet on 8 June 2017, it was the Conservatives who were left with egg on their faces.
But how long can the uneasy peace between moderate, anti-Corbyn MPs and the leader’s loyal grassroots activists last? Does Corbyn’s ‘victory’ give cause for celebration? Or is the Labour Party, as generations of voters have known it, finally coming to an end?
From Gordon Brown’s momentous decision not to call an election in 2007 and Ed Miliband’s crushing defeat in 2015 to the continued rise of Corbynmania, ex-Labour MP Tom Harris examines the seismic events in Labour’s recent history and the decisions that have shaped its fortunes. Biteback website.
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/ten-years-in-the-death-of-the-labour-party