In this episode of SDP Talks, William Clouston is joined by Kevin Hickson, Senior Lecturer in British Politics at the University of Liverpool and former SDP Chairman. Kevin and William discuss two influential figures in the Labour party of the 1970s and 80s - Peter Shore, and James Callaghan. Along with discussing the careers and legacies of Shore and Callaghan, Kevin and William also explore ideas or political flash-points from their time that have reemerged in today's political climate.

Buy "Peter Shore: Labour's Forgotten Patriot": https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785904736/

Buy "James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister?": https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08BC7BZMH/

Learn more about the SDP at: https://sdp.org.uk/

The opening and closing music for SDP Talks is "Prelude in C (BWV 846)" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/