Why did the Labour Party lose the 1983 election and what changes did the party make to put itself back on the path to recovery?

We're joined by another real expert on the period for this episode - associate professor Danny Rye from Liverpool Hope University - to tackle these questions and more!

Reading Suggestions

Drucker, H.M., (1979) Doctrine and ethos in the Labour Party (Vol. 12). Routledge.

Hayter, D., 2005. Fightback!: Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s. Manchester University Press.

Panitch, L. and Leys, C., 2001. The end of parliamentary socialism: from new left to new labour. Verso.

Pugh, M., 2010. Speak for Britain!: A new history of the labour party. Random House.

Russell, M., 2005. Building New Labour: The politics of party organisation. Springer.

Shaw, E., 2002. The Labour party since 1979: Crisis and transformation. Routledge.

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