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The Labour Party, planning and growth
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Cronin, James E. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | The internal party battles of the early 1960s produced a highly anomalous outcome: a clear winner but no mandate. The defeat of 1959 had seemed to call out for some adaptation in the party's outlook, programme or organisation — perhaps in all three — informed by a strategy to put together a broader electoral coalition. Gaitskell's allies proposed an alternative, but their efforts were completely inadequate. Gaitskell himself emerged in a very strong personal position by late 1962, having vanquished the left over unilateralism and putting the right in its place over Europe, but his victories and his status provided no licence to move the party in any particular direction. Had he lived and gone on to lead a Labour government after the election of 1964, he might well have used his position more creatively, though it is perhaps more likely that the press of governing would have precluded any fundamental rethinking and reorientation. Book Name: New Labour's Pasts |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2013-0-22409-2&isbn=9781315837451&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 87 |
| Page Count | 35 |
| Starting Page | 53 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315837451-3 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2016-09-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: New Labour's Pasts International Relations |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
