Protest and Power - The Battle for the Labour Party

David Kogan

ISBN 10: 1448217288 / ISBN 13: 9781448217281

Published by Bloomsbury Reader, London, 2019

About this Item

Not just about Corbyn; an account of Party affairs reaching back to the 70s based on the hindsight of those who were there. 448 pages (xviii, 430) plus 8 coloured plates; index: publisher's black cloth with metallic red titles on the spine: scarlet dust-jacket. As new, unread. Pictures show this actual book. UK orders are post-free.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Protest and Power - The Battle for the Labour Party
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Reader, London
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1448217288
• ISBN 13: 9781448217281
• Binding: Hardcover/Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • History & Biography
  • Academic Books
  • Politics, Economics and related topics

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Synopsis

'A meticulously researched and balanced history' The Times

'Highly-readable and well-researched' The Sunday Times

'Faultless account of the twists and turns undertaken by the hard left of the Labour Party to retain relevance and the hope of power' James O'Brien, TLS

'A very good book, probably the most even-handed of all the accounts of Corbyn's rise to power' Guardian

'Timely new book about Labour' Independent

The battle for the Labour party is dramatic and intense. This is its definitive history.

Labour has shifted from the New Left, to New Labour, to Corbynista Labour. Now, it may see power again with a most unlikely group of activists from the 1970s becoming the fourth generation to win power since 1945.

Only Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson and Tony Blair have won power from a sitting Conservative government. Of the ten general elections since 1979, Labour has won three, all under Blair. This record of failure, if applied to any other walk of life, would raise the fundamental question of why continue to fight a losing battle? For Labour, it asks whether it is a party of protest - designed only to be a voice from opposition, commenting on the flaws and falsities of Conservative police - or a party of power?

Including exclusive interviews with key party members from the 1970s to today including Neil Kinnock, Tony Blair, Ed Miliband and Jon Lansman; and the party's recent struggles with antisemitism and Brexit, this book chronicles the conflicts within the Labour party, the schisms between ideologues and pragmatists, and how these fissures seem destined to keep Labour in opposition.

About the Author

Historian David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. He lives in London.