ALWYN TURNER remembers the miners’ strike of 1984-85. Continue reading
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‘Smashing things’
Do you remember when the Left was split between generations? ALWYN TURNER does. Continue reading
The donkey’s not for stalking
ALWYN TURNER on Anthony Meyer’s 1989 leadership challenge to Margaret Thatcher. Continue reading
Labourites in the vineyard
ALWYN TURNER remembers complaints in the 1980s about Tony Benn and ‘the elitism of activists’. Continue reading
‘Labour: the road to oblivion’
The Labour Party in 1979, torn between voters, members and MPs. 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
