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Description for Fightback!
Paperback. This book tells the story of how the moderate right in the Labour Party, weakened by defections to the SDP in 1981, successfully regained control of the party and helped it return to electability Series Editor(s): Fielding, Steven; Callaghan, John; Ludlam, Steve. Series: Critical Labour Movement Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
This book tells the story of how the moderate right in the Labour Party, trumped by the left for a decade and weakened by defections to the SDP in 1981, fought back organisationally to regain control of the party by 1985, producing an NEC supportive of Neil Kinnock and ready to expel Militant, introduce One-Member-One-Vote and return the party to electability. It describes the Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, Labour Solidarity, Forward Labour and the all-important but secret St Ermins Group of senior trade unionists, each of which strove to ensure that the party represented Labour voters and trade union ... Read more
This book tells the story of how the moderate right in the Labour Party, trumped by the left for a decade and weakened by defections to the SDP in 1981, fought back organisationally to regain control of the party by 1985, producing an NEC supportive of Neil Kinnock and ready to expel Militant, introduce One-Member-One-Vote and return the party to electability. It describes the Manifesto Group of Labour MPs, Labour Solidarity, Forward Labour and the all-important but secret St Ermins Group of senior trade unionists, each of which strove to ensure that the party represented Labour voters and trade union ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Critical Labour Movement Studies
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719072710
SKU
V9780719072710
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dianne Hayter
Dianne Hayter is a member of the Labour Party's NEC, former General Secretary of the Fabian Society and former Chief Executive of the European Parliamentary Labour Party -- .
Reviews for Fightback!
"'It is a story worth telling, told with authority and candour.' Nell Kinnock, Labour Party Leader in the 1980s"