Party(SDP) in 1981. In the 1983 general election Callaghan’s successor,Michael Foot, presented a radical manifesto—dubbed the “longest suicide note in history” by Gerald Kaufman, a Labour member of Parliament and critic of the party’s reforms—that proposed extensive nationalization of ...
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the launch of Labour’s general election manifesto on June 13, 2024 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Labour is consistently leading the polls by over 20 points, according to the latest YouGov data. Anthony Devlin | Getty Images News | Getty I...
Labour Party Manifestos 2001(Leader:Tony Blair, Result:Labour Win) 1997(Leader:Tony Blair, Result:Labour Win) 1992(Leader:Neil Kinnock, Result:Conservative Win) 1987(Leader:Neil Kinnock, Result:Conservative Win) 1983(Leader:Michael Foot, Result:Conservative Win) ...
“And so when I went into that Budget last week I had to put our public finances back onto a firm trajectory because we saw in the previous parliament what happens when government loses control of the public finances, and the first commitment we made in our manifesto was to bring stability...
The Labour Partyis one of the established UK mainstream political parties. From 2015 to theGeneral Election of 2019the Party was the fastest growing political party in theUnited Kingdomwith a membership exceeding 515,000 and a leader,Jeremy Corbyn, who appeared to be more or less independent of...
It continues the work of the Labour Party Autism/Neurodiversity Manifesto Steering Group, which formed in 2016 with the support of John McDonnell MP for the purpose of drafting a Manifesto on this issue for the Labour Party. For more than two years, the Steering Group consulted widely on the...
The Labour Party manifesto, then, while not setting food-industry hearts racing, didn’t frighten the horses as the UK approached the poll. Manifestos, however, are good intentions. With Labour elected to power, it will be expected to deliver on its commitments....
2003 manifesto debate for Labour Party forumDAVID SCOTT
No party other than Labour can possibly win enough seats to form a government. The Liberals and SDP know that. Their hope is to profit from confusion. To divide the non-Conservative vote in such a way as to make them the 'hook' in a 'hung' Parliament and have power far beyond their...
to you the Labour Party Manifesto for the Election of 1951. We shall discuss it during the next few days and others of my colleagues on the Executive will be speaking to you on various points, so my task is to give you a general introduction to the Manifesto and to commend it to you...