The searchers : five rebels, their dream of a different Britain, and their many enemies
Beckett, Andy, 1969-2024
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In the great revolutionary year of 1968, Tony Benn was a respectable Labour minister in his forties, and he was restless. While new social movements were shaking up Britain and much of the world, Westminster politics seemed stuck. It was time, he decided, for a different approach. Over the next half century, the radicalized Benn helped forge a new left in Britain. He was joined by four other politicians, who would become comrades, collaborators and rivals: Ken Livingstone, John McDonnell, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn. For Andy Beckett, the story of these admired and loathed political explorers - both their sudden breakthroughs and long stretches in the wilderness - is the untold story of British politics in modern times.
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Imprint:
UK : Allen Lane, 2024.UK : Allen Lane, 2024.
Collation:
viii, 540 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241394229 (hbk)
Dewey class:
324.241
Language:
English
Subject:
Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th centuryLabour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 21st centuryBenn, Tony, 1925-2014Livingstone, Ken, 1945-McDonnell, John, 1951-Abbott, DianeCorbyn, JeremyGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945-Politics and GovernmentUnited Kingdom, Great BritainLater 20th century c 1950 to c 199921st century, c 2000 to c 2100European historyPolitics & government
BRN:
2904968