By Will Barber-Taylor History is to put it bluntly, a contentious topic. Who tells the history of an event, who forms what we consider to be the historical truth, is often as contentious as the history that is recounted. It is perhaps fitting then that political history, of all the forms of history that exist,Continue reading “History, 1997 and All That: How The Labour Party Used History To Win in 1997”
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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”
25 Years On: What Happened to Tony Blair’s Unbeatable Coalition?
By Scott Cresswell It “was the greatest day in the history of the British Labour Party,” historian Peter Hennessy wrote. “Conservatives losses poured in” as Labour won a landslide victory against Winston Churchill’s Tories in the 1945 general election. Hennessey’s words were written in 1992, the same year as Labour’s fourth successive election defeat. ItContinue reading “25 Years On: What Happened to Tony Blair’s Unbeatable Coalition?”
History, 1997 and All That 