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Hammer of the left : defeating Tony Benn, Eric Heffer and militant in the battle for the Labour Party
- Title
- Hammer of the left : defeating Tony Benn, Eric Heffer and militant in the battle for the Labour Party / John Golding ; edited by Paul Farrelly.
- Author
- Golding, John.
- Publication
- London : Politico's, 2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Farrelly, Paul.
- Description
- ix, 404 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the late 1970s and early 1980s John Golding, known as the 'Hammer of the Left', was one of the most influential figures in the Labour Party. As MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme and a top trade union 'fixer', he led the moderates' fightback against Tony Benn, Militant and the hard left." "In this posthumously published memoir, edited by Paul Farrelly MP, Golding details his ruthless quest to remove Benn and Heffer from Labour's National Executive Committee. He reveals how he and his 'union mafia' made sure that Benn lost his Bristol seat - and with it his leadership ambitions - and describes the back-room fixing which dashed Roy Hattersley's hopes and delivered the leadership to Neil Kinnock."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Golding, John
- Heffer, Eric S
- Benn, Tony, 1925-2014
- Benn, Tony, 1925-2014
- Labour Party (Great Britain) > Biography
- Labour Party (Great Britain)
- 1900-1999
- Legislators > Great Britain > Biography
- Labor unions > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Labor unions > Political activity > History > 20th century
- Labor unions
- Labor unions > Political activity
- Legislators
- Politics and government
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1979-1997
- Newcastle-under-Lyme (England) > Politics and government
- England > Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Neil Kinnock -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- Prologue (starting p. 5) -- 1 The Toads (starting p. 16) -- 2 Dire Straits in 1978 (starting p. 40) -- 3 The Winter of Our Discontent (starting p. 63) -- 4 Loyalist Group Formed (starting p. 72) -- 5 The Sad Farewell to Old Labour (starting p. 79) -- 6 Leave Thatcher, We'll Get Callaghan First (starting p. 97) -- 7 The Darkest Hour (starting p. 116) -- 8 Blunders, Bloomers and the Leadership (starting p. 138) -- 9 A Second Own Goal at Wembley (starting p. 154) -- 10 Shirley Throws in the Towel (starting p. 163) -- 11 The Moderates Fight Back (starting p. 175) -- 12 Toad Fights Badger (starting p. 185) -- 13 Hope and Despair (starting p. 199) -- 14 Foot Won't Help (starting p. 210) -- 15 The Wild Wood (starting p. 217) -- 16 The Goodies Gang Up -- Benn Cast Away (starting p. 228) -- 17 A Phoney Peace and a Real War in the Falklands (starting p. 239) -- 18 Taking Control (starting p. 253) -- 19 Under New Management (starting p. 267) -- 20 By-elections at Bermondsey and Darlington (starting p. 274) -- 21 The Longest Suicide Note (starting p. 289) -- 22 The 1983 General Election -- Foot's Last Stand (starting p. 297) -- 23 The Leadership Battle -- Kinnock's Victory (starting p. 312) -- 24 The Fall of Militant (starting p. 335) -- 25 The Fall of Benn (starting p. 357) -- Epilogue: Blackpool, Conference Week 1998 (starting p. 367) -- Notes (starting p. 374) -- Select Bibliography (starting p. 391) -- App Guardian Obituary (starting p. 392) / John Golding -- Index (starting p. 396)
- ISBN
- 1842750798
- 9781842750797
- LCCN
- 2004444148
- OCLC
- ocm54381310
- 54381310
- SCSB-1324737
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library