Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party

Kogan, David

ISBN 10: 1448217288 / ISBN 13: 9781448217281

Published by Bloomsbury Reader, London, 2019

About this Item

xviii 430 pages + section of glossy b/w & color photos; contents unmarked; corners of cover & dj bumped.

Seller Inventory # 204320

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1448217288
• ISBN 13: 9781448217281
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: vg-
• Dust Jacket Condition: vg-
• Book Type: Hardcover (dj)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poli Sci / Gov't / Current Affairs,History

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Synopsis

The battle for the Labour party is dramatic and intense. This is its definitive history.
Labour has shifted from the New Left, to New Labour, to Corbynista Labour. Now, it may see power again with a most unlikely group of activists from the 1970s becoming the fourth generation to win power since 1945.

Only Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson and Tony Blair have won power from a sitting Conservative government. Of the ten general elections since 1979, Labour has won three, all under Blair. This record of failure, if applied to any other walk of life, would raise the fundamental question of why continue to fight a losing battle? For Labour, it asks whether it is a party of protest – designed only to be a voice from opposition, commenting on the flaws and falsities of Conservative police – or a party of power?

Including exclusive interviews with key party members from the 1970s to today including Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, Ed Miliband and Jon Lansman; and the party's recent struggles with antisemitism and Brexit, this book chronicles the conflicts within the Labour party, the schisms between ideologues and pragmatists, and how these fissures seem destined to keep Labour in opposition.

About the Author

The historian David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. He lives in London.