Title: Left out : the inside story of Labour under Corbyn /
Authors: Pogrund, Gabriel; Maguire, Patrick
Year: 2020
Subjects: Corbyn, Jeremy; Corbyn, Jeremy; Labour Party (Great Britain); Labour Party (Great Britain); Politics and government; Great Britain Politics and government; Great Britain
Abstract: Left Out is the first full account of Labour's recent transformation and historic defeat. From the peak of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and the shock hung parliament of 2017 to Labour's humbling in 2019 and the election of Keir Starmer, Left Out draws on unrivalled access throughout the party and to both leaders' inner circles to provide a blistering narrative expose of the Labour Party during one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in its history. It reveals a party riven by factionalism and at war over ideology, then incapacitated by crisis and indecision. From the plotting of the break-away Independent Group to the inaction and despair over accusations of anti-Semitism, from complaints of sexual harassment and bullying to foiled coups and furious disagreements over Brexit, the reader is in the room as tempers fray and tensions boil over, as sworn enemies forge unlikely alliances and lifelong friendships are tested to breaking-point. At the heart of the book is Corbyn himself, a man whose like had never been seen at the top of British politics - and is unlikely to ever be seen again. Heroised for his principles by some, derided as an idealist by others, the loyalty and hatred he inspired changed not only the party but the nation. Intimately drawn and brilliantly told, Left Out is the revelatory inside account of how Labour became the party it is today and of the greatest experiment seen in British politics for a generation.
Contents: Prologue: the few -- The project -- Jeremy Corbyn is the prime minister -- Him, too? -- From Russia with hate Labour lives -- For the many, not the Jew -- Days of remain -- A deep state -- The split -- Deal or no deal -- Boris -- The failed assasin -- Karie on regardless -- It's time for real change -- Winning Keir -- Epilogue.