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Election ’74: the birth of modern British politics

It was the year Abba’s Waterloo won the Eurovision song contest; Suzi Quatro, Alvin Stardust and the Osmonds topped the charts; and Jon Pertwee made his final appearance as Doctor Who. If the popular culture of 40 years ago seems somewhat alien, the politics appears...

Crisis? What Crisis?

John Shepherd’s new account of the winter of discontent is a labour of love, exploring in detail the myriad strikes and disputes in both private and public sectors of that fateful winter of 1978-79. Shepherd explains James Callaghan’s decision not to call a general...

Defending moderate trade unionism

The interview the Guardian carried today with Unite general secretary Len McCluskey is worth a close read. I declare a few interests that will be familiar to regular readers. I am a Unite member and have been since 1995. Until 2009 I was heavily involved in the...

Still embarrassing relatives?

The past few days have seen an onslaught from the Tories and the rightwing press, seeking to portray Labour’s new leader, Ed Miliband as in the pocket of the trade unions, presumably calculating that a close association with the union movement is an electoral liability.

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