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Hace 3 días · When Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell died suddenly in January 1963, Wilson won the subsequent leadership election to replace him, becoming Leader of the Opposition. Wilson led Labour to a narrow victory at the 1964 election.
Hace 2 días · The ideological divisions at the heart of the Labour Party, including the formation of Aneurin Bevan’s left-wing splinter group typified in the infamous ‘Morecambe Conference’, leadership challenges against Attlee, and the rise of Hugh Gaitskell’s revisionism provide a basis for understanding the developments analysed by the ...
Hace 4 días · Thorpe focuses on an ageing leadership, Labour’s failure to reform itself culminating in Hugh Gaitskell’s failed attempt at scrapping Clause IV, and the Party’s struggle to develop new policy, as the chief reasons for Labour’s stagnation in this period.
Hace 3 días · Reformist Labour leaders, from Hugh Gaitskell in the 50s to Tony Blair in the 90s, have sought to amend Labour’s constitutional commitment to “socialism”.
Hace 5 días · Apparently forgotten Labour figures include Denis Healey, the leaders Hugh Gaitskell, Michael Foot, John Smith, and Neil Kinnock (the relevant part of the index jumps from ‘kidney dialysis’ to ‘Kissinger, Henry’), and Roy Jenkins (‘Japanese-style industrial policy’ to ‘Jewish refugees’).
Hace 3 días · Reformist Labour leaders, from Hugh Gaitskell in the 50s to Tony Blair in the 90s, have sought to amend Labour’s constitutional commitment to “socialism”. Famously, Labour’s Clause 4, committed...
Hace 5 días · Labour, under their new leader Hugh Gaitskell, saw their vote drop to 43.8% compared to the Conservatives (and Unionists) 49.4%. In Northern Ireland, the 1959 general election came during a period of renewed republican violence. Operation Harvest was launched by the IRA on 11 December 1956.
