Popular newspapers, the Labour Party, and British politics
By: James Thomas.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century; Press and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Tabloid newspapers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Journalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Description: This work looks at the continuities and changes in newspaper coverage of British politics and the Labour Party. It explores whether the popular press has lived up to its claim to be a democratic 'fourth estate', or has merely, as Labour argues, been a powerful 'fifth column'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 'Vote for them': the popular press and the 1945 general election; title: 'George the Third, or, Time for a change?' : the popular press and the 1964 general election; title: Towards 'the winter of discontent' : the popular press and the road to 1979; title: 'A nightmare on Kinnock Street' : Labour and the Tory tabloids, 1979-92; title: 'Vote Conservative, vote Blair' : Labour and the tabloid press, 1992-2003.