Labour's Grass Roots
Subtitle: Essays On The Activities And Experiences Of Local Labour Parties And Members, 1918-1945 (Studies in Labour History)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780754640073
Subjects: Political parties; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; Labour Party (Great Britain); History; Politics / Current Events; Political activity; History: World; British Isles; Local government; Political Process - Political Parties; Great Britain; Working class; Europe - Great Britain - General; Modern - 20th Century; 20th century; Labor unions
First sentence: Sidney Webb's comment in 1930 that it was the 'fanatics and cranks and extremists' who dominated and maintained the Labour Party at constituency level was as condescending as it was unfair.