Explaining Labour's Landslide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Explaining Labour's Landslide write by Robert M. Worcester. This book was released on 1999. Explaining Labour's Landslide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using new polling evidence, veteran pollster Robert Worcester (MORI) explains why Labour won such a massive landslide in the 1997 election and why the Conservatives suffered their worst ever electoral drubbing. A key adviser to Labour for many years, Worcester provides the ultimate analysis of Labour's victory.
Labour's Landslide
Labour's Landslide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Labour's Landslide write by Andrew Geddes. This book was released on 1997. Labour's Landslide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contributors analyze the results of Britain's 1997 general elections and discuss implications of the biggest shift in support from one party to another in this century. Topics include decline and fall of the Conservative Party, the media and the election, Constitutional reform, immigration and race as non-issues in the election, women in the campaign, and Northern Ireland. Of interest to students, scholars, and policy makers. Distributed by St. Martin's. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Making of New Labour’s European Policy
The Making of New Labour’s European Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Making of New Labour’s European Policy write by Russell Holden. This book was released on 2001-12-17. The Making of New Labour’s European Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Russell Holden considers the policy reversal on Europe made by the Labour Party between 1983 and 1999. It charts and analyzes how the Party became pro-European, with particular emphasis on how this change was conceived and implemented. In so doing, it concentrates on how the European issue became a political priority and dynamic tool for promoting economic reform and Party unity, two essential requirements in making the Party - New Labour - a credible alternative government in the eyes of the general public.
The Labour Party and Electoral Reform
The Labour Party and Electoral Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Labour Party and Electoral Reform write by Jasper Miles. This book was released on 2023-03-09. The Labour Party and Electoral Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The issue of electoral reform has divided the Labour Party since its inception, but only for a brief period in the early 20th century has the Party been committed to reforming first-past-the-post (FPTP). Now, having suffered four successive general election defeats, the Labour Party will have to reconsider its electoral strategy if it is, once again, to become a party of government. For some, a commitment to electoral reform is an indispensable step to widen support, transform the Party, and unlock British Politics. For others, the present system still offers the best hope of majority Labour governments, avoiding deals with the Party's rivals and the watering down of Labour's social democratic agenda. This book explores the Labour Party's approaches towards reforming the Westminster electoral system, and more widely, its perception of electoral pacts and coalition government. The opening chapters chart the debate from the inception of the Party up to the electoral and political impact of Thatcherism. From there, the book takes a closer look at significant recent events, including the Plant Report, the Jenkins Commission, the end of New Labour, the Alternative Vote Referendum, and closing with the Labour leadership containing the matter at Party Conference, 2021. Importantly, it offers an assessment of the pressures and environment in which Labour politicians have operated. Extensive elite-level interviews and new archival research offers the reader a comprehensive and definitive account of this debate.
The Conservatives in crisis
The Conservatives in crisis - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Conservatives in crisis write by Mark Garnett. This book was released on 2018-07-30. The Conservatives in crisis available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Conservative Party's survival as a significant political force was now open to serious question for the first time since the crisis over the Corn Laws. The Labour Party has commanded a fairly consistent level of attention, whether in office or in opposition. But it seems that the Conservatives are fated to be regarded either as unavoidable or irrelevant. This book presents an analysis that suggests that the party leader plays a less important role in Conservative recoveries than a distinctive policy programme and an effective party organization. It examines the Conservative position on a series of key issues, highlighting the difficult dilemmas which confronted the party after 1997, notably on economic policy. New Labour's acceptance of much of the main thrust of Thatcherite economic policy threw the Conservatives off balance. The pragmatism of this new position and the 'In Europe, not run by Europe' platform masked a significant move towards Euro-skepticism. The book also traces how the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Parties adapted to the creation of the Scottish Parliament, exploring the re-organisation of the Scottish party, its electoral fortunes and political prospects in the new Scottish politics. It examines issues of identity and nationhood in Conservative politics in the 1997-2001 period, focusing on the 'English Question' and the politics of 'race'. The predictable results of the Conservatives' failure to develop an attractive, consistent narrative are then analysed. Right-wing populist parties with charismatic leaders enjoyed some electoral success under the proportional representation systems in 2002.
