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Author
Publisher
Hutchinson
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Richard Littlejohn delivers the coup de grace to New Labour. He is not only tough on Brown, but also takes a witty look at 'elf and safety', 'yuman rights', the surveillance society and all the bureacratic absurdities that make modern life worse than anything George Orwell ever imagined.
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Description
In November 1980, James Callaghan retired as leader of the Labour Party. He had been on the front line of British politics for many years and was the only person to hold all of the four great offices of state. However, his premiership is seen as a failure, the last gasp of Keynesian social democracy being smothered by the oncoming advent of Thatcherism. This book offers a timely reappraisal of Jim Callaghan's premiership and time as Leader of the...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Part memoir, part behind-the-scenes insider view, 'Politically Homeless' is a fascinating and funny book for anyone who loves politics but hates the time we find ourselves in. Matt Forde has been obsessed with politics since he was 9 years old. Raised by a single mum on benefits in inner city Nottingham, as soon as he could he joined the Socialist Workers Party, foisted issues of 'Marxism Today' on innocent bystanders and by the time he was 14 had...
6) Keir Hardie
Author
Publisher
Lion
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Keir Hardie was born just outside Glasgow in 1856. He was the sole earner in his family by the age of ten. He never went to school but was self-taught reading books lent to him by a clergyman. He was a founder and the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party. This book explores the part Christianity played in his life.
Author
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2016
Description
This is a total re-evaluation of New Labour and Blair's years in power, with a focus on five areas: health, education, immigration, energy, and war. And then there's the more personal angles too - Blair's battle with Gordon Brown, his relations with the Palace, his private life and his controversial ventures since office.
Author
Series
Description
'Power and the People' is the second of four volumes, and covers the first two years of the New Labour government, beginning with their landslide victory at the polls in 1997. It details an astonishing array of events and personalities, progress and setbacks, crises and scandals, as Labour make the transition from opposition to office.
Author
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Description
One might have thought Alastair Campbell would disappear as Gordon Brown moved from No. 11 to No. 10. Far from it! Having negotiated the rapproachment which led to Brown taking a central role in the 2005 election win, Campbell then became central to the transition from one Prime Minister to another. Many books have already been written about Brown and Blair, but none with the intimacy and the unique perspective of Alastair Campbell.