As we await the result of the 2020 Labour Leadership contest, read up on some of the historic battles
From the shock death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963 to the rise of Thatcherism and the aftermath of the 1983, 1992 and 2010 defeats
The contests from Harold Wilson to Ed Miliband
From the shock death of Hugh Gaitskell in 1963 to the rise of Thatcherism and the aftermath of the 1983, 1992 and 2010 defeats
The contests from Harold Wilson to Ed Miliband
1963 - The rise of Wilson https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/a-new-britain-how-harold-wilson-became-labour-leader/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/0...
1975 - The emergence of Margaret Thatcher https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/thatcher-the-vote-snatcher-the-1975-conservative-leadership-contest/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/02/1...
1976 - The End of the Wilson Era https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/26/the-resignation-the-end-of-the-harold-wilson-era/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/2...
1979 - The Fall of the Callaghan Gov https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/end-days-the-night-the-callaghan-government-fell/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/04/0...
1983 - Fallout from a Record Defeat https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/10/british-general-election-1983-how-the-labour-party-responded/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/1...
1988 - The Final Battle of the 1980s https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/kinnock-v-benn-labours-final-battle-of-the-1980s/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/03/3...
1992 - Must Labour Lose? https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/british-general-election-1992-how-the-labour-party-responded/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/0...
1994 - The Rise of Tony Blair https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/26/two-tribes-the-1994-leadership-contest-and-the-birth-of-the-blair-corbyn-divide/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/01/2...
2001 - The Strange Death of Tory England https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/02/02/the-strange-death-of-tory-england-when-the-tories-picked-ids-to-take-on-blair/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/02/0...
2010 - The Miliband Brothers and the Battle for Labour https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/bloodied-brothers-the-milibands-and-the-battle-for-new-labours-legacy/">https://tidesofhistory.wordpress.com/2020/04/0...