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More new old stuff on the blog. Something for everyone. Check it out at your leisure.Link: Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog
The Labour Party had a different voting system in place back then to elect its leader and deputy leader, but Kinnock's victory over Benn was overwhelming enough to indicate that the majority of the Labour Party agreed with the direction in which Kinnock was going.Link: The result
He stood against Kinnock for the leadership of the Labour Party the following year, and only secured 11% of the vote, so I think that confidence was rather misplaced.
Fair enough if there isn't enough room in the Standard for inclusion of the results – though I note some months the Standard will have the occasional page that is covered with about 75% image – but I do think the results should be readily accessible on the Party website.And when I write 'readily accessible' I don't mean included in a comment on a thread on the discussion forum.
Finally got my arse in gear and posted the final article in Bill Waters 1950s 'Backwaters of History' series. The last article was about the Tolpuddle Martyrs:Link: Backwaters of HistoryA very interesting series. I really wish there was something similar being serialized in the Standard today.
I'm sure it was just a silly oversight but I think omitting the individual results of the SPGB candidates in the recent General Election from the article in this month's Socialist Standard reporting on the campaign, we've left ourselves open to be accused of hiding the results from our readers.
Just a quick post to mention that I'm posting again over at the Socialist Standard Past and Present blog. I'm too lazy to post individual links, so you'll just have to click on the link: Link: Socialist Standard Past and Present Blog
Nice find. I always had a soft spot for Hayman's first band, Hefner, and their *cough* classic, 'The Day That Thatcher Dies'. Before people chime in with the view that the song was in poor taste, it dates from 2000.
I guess you could check out Edmund Wilson's To The Finland Station.There's also George Lichtheim's The Origins of Socialism.
Sadly, there's such a dearth of information about members of the SPGB – even the higher profile members – from its early years that it's always interesting to read some sort of biographical detail about them. I'm guessing from the dustjacket blurb that there's an element of Cameron drawing from his own background when writing the novel.
