History for the People
Though Britain’s Communist movement never took power, its leading lights – like E. P. Thompson and Eric Hobsbawm – sparked a revolution in understanding the role of working people in making history.
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Alfie Steer
Alfie Steer is a doctoral student at Oxford University, researching the history of the Labour Left from the late 1980s to 2015.
The Media’s Love Affair with New Labour
The BBC’s documentary on Blair and Brown is the latest attempt to paint New Labour as a romantic tragedy, rather than what it actually was – a historic missed opportunity.
The Crumbling Foundations of the Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is in power and, it appears, in the ascendancy. But a new book argues that it has eroded the security that once turned young people into Tories – and that its future is far from certain.
How New Labour Turned Its Back on the Mass Membership Party
When Tony Blair first became Labour leader, he saw mass membership as a way to drive the party rightwards – but in power it soon became clear that grassroots politics were incompatible with New Labour policies.