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British Prime Minister, 1945-1951 Clement Attlee was born in London in 1883. He was educated at University College, Oxford University|Oxford. After this...

Solidarity's account and analysis of the "socialist" Labour government's war against dockworkers.

The History of the Labour Party Keith Laybourn traces the emergence of the Labour Party, its highs and lows and wonders if its forward march is now halted. Ever since the Labour Party was formed as the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 it has been at the centre of intellectual and political debate. Writings on the Labour Party have been driven by two central questions: first, why did the Labour Party emerge in the early 20th century to replace the Liberal Party as the progressive party in British politics? Second, has the forward march of Labour been halted? The second of these ...

Labour desperately needs to ditch the identity politics - and reinvent as pro-British centrists

From the NS archive: New? We’ve always been new 28 February 2000: The idea of old Labour is largely a myth, and the product of ignorance. In 2000, the former MP and leader of the Labour Party Neil Kinnock spoke at a Fabian Society conference, held to celebrate the party’s centenary year, on the idea of “new Labour” under Tony Blair. In the speech, a version of which was then published in the New Statesman, Kinnock said he understood the general appeal such a phrase gave Blair’s party, yet he argued that Labour had always been “new”, “or at least searching for dynamic change...