1970s Articles

We must not let history repeat itself In May 1979 the defeated prime minister, James Callaghan, said to me that he felt sorry for new members of parliament like myself as we would be in opposition for 10 years. He was wrong. It was 18 years. Callaghan thought the...

This summer, the Labour party needs a holiday like never before. It needs to turn off Twitter, drink sangria, feel the sand beneath its toes and stare at the ocean. It needs to get a little perspective, think about its future, and buy an oversized sombrero. It needs a...

It's a very strange experience to leave your place of work, head across the river to the National Theatre and see your place of work portrayed by actors on the stage there. To see the very room you just left recreated for the audience to see. To hear the language that...

Is it just me or is anyone else aggrieved about how the memory of the 1970s is being comprehensively trashed and rewritten by Thatcher worshippers? Sadly, perhaps with the youth of the parliamentary Labour party we don’t have as many people around to challenge these...