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The searchers : five rebels, their dream of a different Britain, and their many enemies

Beckett, Andy, 1969- author

Overview

In the great revolutionary year of 1968, Tony Benn was a respectable Labour minister in his forties, and he was restless. While new social movements were shaking up Britain and much of the world, Westminster politics seemed stuck. It was time, he decided, for a different approach. Over the next half century, the radicalized Benn helped forge a new left in Britain. He was joined by four other politicians, who would become comrades, collaborators and rivals: Ken Livingstone, John McDonnell, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn. For Andy Beckett, the story of these admired and loathed political explorers - both their sudden breakthroughs and long stretches in the wilderness - is the untold story of British politics in modern times.

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Subject: Benn, Tony, 1925-2014. / Livingstone, Ken, 1945- / McDonnell, John, 1951- / Abbott, Diane. / Corbyn, Jeremy. / Labour Party (Great Britain) History 20th century. / Labour Party (Great Britain) History 21st century. / Great Britain Politics and government 20th century. / Great Britain Politics and government 21st century. / Great Britain Social conditions 1945-
• ISBN: 9780241394229

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