Victory at the Ballot Box: The History of How Labour Built Britain - Couverture souple

Beattie, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783968508 ISBN 13 : 9781783968503

Editeur : Elliott & Thompson Limited, 2025

Synopsis

‘Highly recommended’ PETER FRANKOPAN

‘Labour’s record in government shows that Attlee and Blair were in the top rank of change-making Prime Ministers, and Wilson not far behind. An inspirational history.’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

The Labour party was founded in 1900 to give a voice to the working people of Britain and to fight for the many not the few. In the unfolding drama of each general election from 1900 to 2024, Victory at the Ballot Box charts Labour’s progress across social, political and economic reform. It encompasses Labour’s creation of the NHS and the welfare state, nationalised industries, housebuilding programmes, the comprehensive education system, introduction of the minimum wage, and Sure Start.

With exclusive insights from former leaders and prime ministers, including Gordon Brown and Neil Kinnock, Douglas Beattie tracks Labour’s successes and failures over the last century. Delving into the secrets of longforgotten campaigns, he traces the party’s roots and studies the strategies, leaders, transformative moments and missteps that have shaped modern Britain.

VICTORY AT THE BALLOT BOX is a book about the pursuit of power for working people. In assessing the fortunes of the Labour Party at the ballot box, it asks a simple overarching question – how and why does Labour win and lose?

'If Labour is to flourish in power, it needs to know much more about its history. Reading this book would be an excellent starting point for its leaders and followers.' Anthony Seldon

'A timely and brilliantly illuminating book that offers much needed context to the 2024 general election. A must read.' Steve Richards, BBC Radio 4 Week in Westminster and host of Rock and Roll Politics

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DOUGLAS BEATTIE grew up in Dumfriesshire, studied politics at Glasgow University and is an award-winning former BBC journalist, author and Labour insider. He has first-hand experience of elections having stood for Parliament as the Scottish Labour candidate for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale in the 2017 General Election and also been a Labour councillor. He now lives in London and works as a trade union media and political director. Douglas Beattie is fascinated by tribal divisions and his previous book is an acclaimed history of British football derbies, The Rivals Game, Inside the British Derby.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elliott & Thompson Limited
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783968508
• ISBN 13: 9781783968503
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible