Labour Party battles of the 1980s that created Keir Starmer
The Labour Party in the 1980s saw a stormy civil war that ended in purges as Tony McMahon remembers from a misspent youth
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Tony Benn, Dennis Healey battle for Labour
In 1981, the left and right in the Labour Party clashed when Tony Benn and Dennis Healey ran against eachother to be Deputy Leader
Iran and the Left – reaction to Khomeini
In 1979, the Left in Iran and the UK condemned the seizure of power by Khomeini and the clergy but since then, attitudes seem to have regrettably shifted
Labour Party youth wings: NOLS and LPYS
NOLS and the LPYS were the two youth wings of the Labour Party in the 1970s and 1980s and they couldn’t have been more different
The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election
The disastrous lead up to the 1983 general election. Michael Foot interviewed by ITV.
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
My student union election poster from 1982 – Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates
When Red Ron met Maggie Thatcher
Scottish Labour MP Ron Brown confronted Margaret Thatcher during a visit to Scotland in 1982 as Tony McMahon discovers
1979 UK General Election changes history
The 1979 general election saw Margaret Thatcher swept to power in the United Kingdom ushering in an era of polarisation as well as free market economics
Jobs Express led to jobs creation!
The Jobs Express took hundreds of young unemployed people around Britain in 1981 and some companies along the way offered jobs