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How do leading Labour figures strive to communicate with and
influence the electorate? Why have some proven more successful than
others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators
seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such
as parliament, party conference and through the media? This
thoroughly researched and highly readable collection
comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an
extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual
significance of oratory and rhetoric in the post-war Labour Party.
This collection evaluates the oratory and rhetoric of twelve
leading figures from Labour politics: Aneurin Bevan, Hugh
Gaitskell, Harold Wilson, Barbara Castle, James Callaghan, Michael
Foot, Tony Benn, Neil Kinnock, John Smith, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown
and Ed Miliband. Each chapter explores how its subject attempted to
use oratory to advance their agenda within the party and beyond.
Students of British politics, Labour history and communication
studies will find this volume essential reading. -- .
Why did it take the Conservative Party so long to recover power?
After the landslide defeat in 1997, why was it so slow to adapt,
reposition itself and rebuild its support? How did the party
leadership seek to reconstruct Conservatism and modernise its
electoral appeal? Of vital interest to anyone interested in British
politics, this highly readable book addresses these questions
through a contextualised assessment of Conservative Party politics
between 1997 and 2010. It traces debates over strategy amongst the
party elite and scrutinises the actions of the leadership. It also
considers four particular dilemmas for contemporary Conservatism:
European integration; national identity and the 'English Question';
social liberalism versus social authoritarianism; and the problems
posed by a neo-liberal political economy. The book argues that the
ideological legacy of Thatcherism played a central role in framing
and shaping these intraparty debates, and that an appreciation of
this is vital for explaining the nature and limits of the
Conservatives' renewal under Cameron. -- .
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