King Charles III welcomes Sir Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, where he invited the leader of the Labour Party to become Prime Minister and form a new government following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party. Picture date: Friday July 5, ...
If the Conservative Party is the dominant political party in Britain, then Labour is its chief challenger. Although not nearly as strong as the Conservatives in terms of General Election victories and individual membership, the Labour Party has nonetheless attained significant success. The Labour ...
Under Blair's leadership, the party formally abandoned traditional socialism in 1995 and subsequently won (1997, 2001) consecutive resounding victories at the polls. The party's narrower victory in 2005 marked the first time Labour had won three consecutive national elections. Blair stepped down as...
When it comes to branding, marketing, and election victories, the revamped British Labour Party, also known as 'New' Labour, undoubtedly stood, until very recently, as a success story which other political parties wished to emulate. However, it is also now a largely discredited organization, wh...
“We will have time to reflect on that this year. A chance, with the 80th anniversary of VE [Victory in Europe] and VJ [Victory in Japan} day. To cherish the greatest victories of this country. And the greatest generation that achieved it. ...
(1978). One dominating theme has been the declining role of the trade unions, whose control of the Labour Party, as secured by the 1918 Constitution, was eroded in the 1980s to a third of the vote in the leadership election to one that was indirectly successful in the election of Jeremy...
Andy Burnham has not dismissed suggestions he could mount a bid for the Labour leadership in the future, telling Sky News the party should "get in touch" if it were "ever to feel it needed me". He was speaking after winning re-election as Gre...
middle class Blairites who have seized key positions elsewhere. A pro-leadership group called the Network has scored impressive victories on the party’s Scottish executive and in selections for parliamentary seats. And after McMaster’s suicide, Brown, the chancellor, effortlessly parachuted one of ...
Despite an intervening period in the political wilderness from 1970-74, in total he won four general elections for the Labour Party, albeit including three narrow victories. Margaret Thatcher … Read the full-text article, try us out FREE today Related books and articles at QuestiaBooks...
One of the architects of New Labour, Lord Gould played a crucial role in helping former Prime Minister Tony Blair to three election victories. He was strat... D Kavanagh 被引量: 2发表: 2012年 Centre stage The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is housed in one of the many smartly modern ...