Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980sThis book tells the story of how the moderate right in the Labour Party fought back organizationally to regain control of the party by 1985, producing an NEC supportive of Neil Kinnock and ready to expel Militant, introduce One-Member-One-Vote and return the party to electability. Written by an insider, it draws on extensive interviews with all the key players and unique access to private papers and closed archives to explain how the moderates triumphed over the hard left. |
Contents
Introduction 38 | 3 |
The 1981 deputy leadership contest 9388 | 19 |
Militant | 28 |
OneMemberOneVote | 36 |
Manifesto Group of Labour MPs 197483 | 49 |
Labour First | 76 |
Reviewing 1974 to 1988 | 183 |
from 1988 to 2004 | 191 |
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