of Michael Foot's death is, paradoxically, both a reminder of the Old and New Politics. For whilst he is synonymous with the British Labour Party's "Wilderness Years", which co-incided with the Thatcher Governments of the 1980s, Michael Foot is also strongly associated with progressive liberal and socialist politics which survive in movements like the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other contemporary anti-militarist campaigns. It should also be remembered that whilst the 1983 Labour Manifesto proposal to nationalise banks was regarded as unthinkable by many people at the time, this is effectively what has happened under New Labour.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Michael Foot - The Old & New Politics
Today's announcement
of Michael Foot's death is, paradoxically, both a reminder of the Old and New Politics. For whilst he is synonymous with the British Labour Party's "Wilderness Years", which co-incided with the Thatcher Governments of the 1980s, Michael Foot is also strongly associated with progressive liberal and socialist politics which survive in movements like the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other contemporary anti-militarist campaigns. It should also be remembered that whilst the 1983 Labour Manifesto proposal to nationalise banks was regarded as unthinkable by many people at the time, this is effectively what has happened under New Labour.
of Michael Foot's death is, paradoxically, both a reminder of the Old and New Politics. For whilst he is synonymous with the British Labour Party's "Wilderness Years", which co-incided with the Thatcher Governments of the 1980s, Michael Foot is also strongly associated with progressive liberal and socialist politics which survive in movements like the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other contemporary anti-militarist campaigns. It should also be remembered that whilst the 1983 Labour Manifesto proposal to nationalise banks was regarded as unthinkable by many people at the time, this is effectively what has happened under New Labour.
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