A Short History of the Labour Party [Paperback]

This text provides an introductory account of the Labour Party from its foundation. It not only covers the period up to and including the election of Neil Kinnock as the leader of the Labour Party but also concentrates on the problems of the parliamentary leadership.The new party: ideal and reality (to 1906); a pressure group under pressure (1906-14); Henderson's party: war and reconstruction (1914-22); the MacDonald leadership (1922-31); convalescence: the general council's party (1931-40); office and power under Attlee and Bevin (1940-50); dissension and decline (1950-60); the road back to power (1960-66); Wilson and the vicissitudes of economic insolvency (1966-70); the common market and the social contract (1970-79); the SDP secession and the dream ticket (1979-84).