Continuing ALWYN TURNER’s history of the post-war Labour Party, seen through leadership elections past (1976-88). Continue reading
Tag Archives: Denis Healey
‘Labour: the road to oblivion’
The Labour Party in 1979, torn between voters, members and MPs. Continue reading
‘An overfed Che Guevara’: A press portrait of Tom Watson
ALWYN TURNER on the career of Labour’s ‘ninja assassin’. Continue reading
Old King Log: The rise of James Callaghan
ALWYN TURNER remembers the Labour Party’s leadership election in 1976. Continue reading
‘Politics is not like shopping’: A press portrait of Hilary Benn
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of the man once tipped to be Labour’s next leader. Continue reading
‘It was not a happy period’
Is it really deja vu all over again? Some quotes from the Labour Party in the early 1980s. Continue reading
Denis the menace
He was a political bruiser and hated by the left. But Denis Healey’s great achievement, argues DAN ATKINSON, was to cut without harming. Continue reading
