Britain’s First Labour Government by John Shepherd and Keith Laybourn: Ghetto politics
The first Labour government was formed in January 1924 after the only real threeparty election in Britain in the…
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Half-echoes of the past
Blue Labour is conservative, but about a society that no longer exists – or never existed. Ed Miliband should…
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When the Liberal Party controlled power, it opposed proportional representation. Now, the Lib Dems h
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I believe in yesterday
The history of the recent past is more popular with readers than ever – and just as well, because…
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End of the party
Unlike the Profumo affair, which had no lasting significance, the scandal over MPs’ expenses is the
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Loosening Labour’s golden straitjacket
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