British Politics – History, 1997 and All That

The Party That Was Born From Local Government: A History of Labour and Local Authorities

By Will Barber Taylor It is a moment that has become crystalised in the memory of those who were both there and those who heard it since – Neil Kinnock, standing in front of the assembled ranks of the 1985 Labour Party Conference and uttering the words “A council, a Labour council”.[1] It is aContinue reading “The Party That Was Born From Local Government: A History of Labour and Local Authorities”

Building that New Jerusalem: An Examination of Labour Literature of the 1930s and 1940s

By Will Barber Taylor The world is very different today to the world that existed in the 1930s and 1940s. It is in many respects unrecognisable – a world that is, by all means still divided and to an extent racked by prejudice but one that is not as riven as that of generations past.Continue reading “Building that New Jerusalem: An Examination of Labour Literature of the 1930s and 1940s”