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The Labour Party 1945-1997
Documentary on Clement Attlee [BBC 4] - Click Here
New Statesman article one Clement Attlee : - Click Here
New Statesman article two Clement Attlee : - Click Here
Harold Wilson 1 - Click Here
Harold Wilson 2 - Click Here
For the Obituary article on Harold Wilson - Click Here
James Callaghan 1 - Click Here
James Callaghan 2 - Click Here
For the Obituary article on James Callaghan - Click Here
The Formation of the SDP [Guardian] - Click Here
For the Guardian’s Obituary of Lord Dennis Healey - Click Here
Visit the Left Futures Website for video materials on the life and times of Tony Benn - Click Here
Essay on Post-War Consensus - Click Here
Labour 1979-1997: The Wilderness Years [4 Part BBC documentary ] December 2012 - Click Here
The Legacy of Tony Crosland [ Queen Mary College University of London Conference transcripts and videos] - Click Here
Tony Crosland and British Social Democracy - Click Here
Fabian Review items on Tony Crosland - Click Here
Tony Blair and the Labour Party
The Deal - Click Here
Tony Blair and Parliament [From the BBC] - Click Here
Tony Blair [Interviewed by Jeremy Paxman 2001] - Click Here
Andrew Rawnsley’s Three Part Assessment of the Premiership of Tony Blair [From The Guardian] - Click Here
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair One - Click Here
The Rise and Fall of Tony Blair Two - Click Here
The Last Days of Tony Blair - Click Here
The Blair Years - Click Here
Tony Blair: The Inside Story - Click here and Click here
Tony Blair: PM or President? [From 2005] - Click here
For The Rehabilitation of Tony Blair? [Guardian podcast: 23 minutes] - Click Here
For Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution - Click here
Useful Resources on Tony Blair from Tutor2U - Click Here
Heroes or Villains? The Blair Government Reconsidered - Click Here March 2019
What is the Third Way? [From BBC] - Click Here
Anthony Giddens on the Third Way in 2010 - Click Here March 2018
Another related article for Third Way 2010 - Click Here
Another related article for Third Way 2010 - Click Here
Another related article for Third Way 2010 - Click Here
For further articles on Anthony Giddens and The Third Way - Click Here
For a 2006 lecture by Anthony Giddens on Tony Blair with some discussion of The Third Way - Click Here
Social Democracy after the Third Way :Restoration or Renewal ? Detailed technical paper by Arndt C and Kersbergen K - Click Here
Left, Right and the Third Way [S. Driver and L. Martell] - Click Here
Labour Party: A PowerPoint Presentation - Click Here to Download
Link to David Coates’ website articles on current British Politics, especially the politics of the Labour Party - Click Here
Tony Blair and Thatcherism - Click Here
Tony Blair on Labour Governments 1997-2010 - Click Here
BBC Item on Blue Labour - Click Here
BBC Analysis on Blue Labour - Click Here
Blue Labour
For further information on Blue Labour - Click here and here
New Statesman article by Rowenna Davis on Blue Labour - Click Here
David Runciman on Blue Labour - Click Here
The Guardian on The Purple Book - Click Here
The New Statesman on The Purple Book - Click Here
Blue Labour Website - Click Here January 2016
Gordon Brown and the Labour Party
LSE Podcast by Anthony Seldon on the Premiership of Gordon Brown - Click Here
For Steve Richard’s Radio 4 Series on the Premiership of Gordon Brown - Click Here
For Simon Lee’s article on Gordon Brown’s government - Click Here
For article on Gordon Brown [See especially “Policy Vision” section] - Click Here
For Chris Mullin’s Guardian review of William Keegan’s reassessment of Gordon Brown February 2013 - Click Here
For Steve Richards video talk on Gordon Brown - Click Here
Philip Coman {Observer] article on Labour Party and Capitalism - Click Here
The Policy Network Website: a Mine of Information on New Labour and After - Click Here
Guardian article: Labour’s Lost Liberalism March 2012 - Click Here
The Guardian on Jon Cruddas May 2012 - Click Here
Ed Miliband and the Labour Party
Benjamin Disraeli for Ed Miliband and One Nation Politics October 2012 - Click Here
For Ed Miliband and One Nation Politics October 2012 - Click Here
For New Statesman article by Rowenna Davis on Blue Labour October 2012 - Click Here
For “What does Ed Miliband really think?” [Steve Richards for Radio 4] November 2012 - Click Here
For “The Role of the State in the good Society [JON Cruddas lecture published in New Statesman] December 2012 - Click Here
For Good bye to Old and New Labour Jan 2013 - Click Here
For first of two useful Observer articles April 2013 - Click Here
For second useful Observer articles April 2013 - Click Here
Blue Labour and the Welfare State June 2013 - Click Here
Labour and Predistribution [BBC Radio 4 Analysis] June 2013 - Click Here
For “Where is Labour going wrong?” [Guardian article by John Harris] August 2013 - Click Here
For Guardian article on the formation of Left Unity September 2013 - Click Here
The Guardian’s One Nation Series [Extracts from the above E-Book] September 2013 - Click Here
The Ideas of Ed Miliband [New Statesman article by Raphael Behr] November 2013 - Click Here
The Making of Ed Miliband [Guardian article by Raphael Behr] April 2015 - Click Here
The Aftermath of Ed Miliband’s Resignation [Guardian article by Raphael Behr] May 2015 - Click Here
Labour dies again [Ross McKibbin London Review of Books] May 2015 - Click Here
How Labour Politicians disowned the Party’s Key Policies [ Guardian article by Daniel Boffey ] June 2015 - Click Here
Ed Miliband and Labour’s General Election Defeat [Guardian article by Patrick Wintour ] June 2015 - Click Here
Discussion on the Future of the Labour Party [Radio 4: Chair Andrew Rawnsley ] June 2015 - Click Here
Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
Leadership Difficulties of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn August 2015 - Click Here
Selection of articles on Labour Party Leadership Election NEW September 2015 - Click Here
BBC Review of the Year 2015 NEW December 2015 - Click Here
BBC on Labour in 2015 New December 2015 - Click Here
Article on Jeremy Corbyn {The Economist] December 2015 - Click Here
Various Items on the Election of Jeremy Corbyn 2015 - Click Here
Article on Jeremy Corbyn [Sam Knight for The New Yorker] May 2016 - Click Here
Article on Jeremy Corbyn [A very public sociologist May 2016 - Click Here
Article on Jeremy Corbyn [Labour List] May 2016 - Click Here
Article on Jeremy Corbyn[ Economist] May 2016 - Click Here
Jeremy Corbyn Lecture at LSE: Transcript : Rebuilding the Politics of Hope May 2016 - Click Here
The Guardian on the Labour Party Leadership [2000+ articles] July 2016 - Click Here
Blue Labour: Forging a New Politics [Book Review] September 2016 - Click Here
Blue Labour in the era of Corbyn - Click Here
The Labour Leadership Election 2016 September 2016 - Click Here
Tony Blair’s Legacy : 20 Years on May [BBC] 2017 - Click Here
The Labour Party and the 2017 General Election: Guardian Long Read September 2017 - Click Here
The Labour Party in September 2017 [The Economist] September 2017 - Click Here
Articles from Andrew Heywood’s Website [Scroll down for article on The Rise of Jeremy Corbyn]. - Click Here
Jeremy Corbyn : Class and Nation - Click Here
Assignment: Voting Behaviour and Social Class 1992 -2019 - Click Here
Keir Starmer and the Leadership of the Labour Party : Links - Click Here September 2020-February 2024