Labour's civil wars : how infighting has kept the left from power (and what can be done about it)
Diamond, Patrick2022
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When a party is riven with division people do not know what it stands for. Though both major parties have been subject to internal conflict over the years, it is the Labour Party which has been more given to damaging splits. The divide exposed by the Corbyn insurgency is only the most recent example in a century of destructive infighting. Indeed, it has often seemed as though Labour has been more adept at fighting itself than in defeating the Tory party. This book examines the history of Labour's civil wars and the underlying causes of the party's schisms, from the first split of 1931, engineered by Ramsay MacDonald, to the ongoing battle for the future between the incumbent, Keir Starmer, and those who fundamentally altered the party's course under his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn.
Main title:
Labour's civil wars : how infighting has kept the left from power (and what can be done about it) / Patrick Diamond and Giles Radice.
Author:
Diamond, Patrick, authorRadice, Giles, author
Imprint:
London : Haus Publishing Ltd, 2022.
Collation:
viii, 312 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781913368593 (hbk)
Dewey class:
324.24107324.241
LC class:
JN1129.L32
Local class:
324.241
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3102062