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Labour: A Tale of Two Parties

Catalogue reference: WAIN/2-3

What’s it about?

This record is about the Labour: A Tale of Two Parties dating from 1978-1987.

Is it available online?

Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum).

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Full description and record details

Reference

WAIN/2-3

Title

Labour: A Tale of Two Parties

Date

1978-1987

Description

This deposit includes the interviews and related material from Hilary Wainwright's research into the changing basis of the Labour Party during the 1980s. She examined the new initiatives emerging from local government, local and workplace trade unionism, women's sections, black sections and the peace movement and their impact on traditional perceptions of the Labour Party (from inside and outside the Party). The interviews were conducted with a cross-section of people who were part of this radical socialist politics and examined the problems of developing new structures and the future of the Labour Party at the time of its third successive election defeat.

Held by
Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
Physical description

2 boxes

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8849501f-a885-4d93-b134-2f544e056415/

Catalogue hierarchy

186 records

Within the fonds: WAIN

The Papers of Hilary Wainwright

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Labour: A Tale of Two Parties