Rather ungrateful of me not to know, but I think Dad bought me this for my birthday as he knew I would like it. Absolutely exhaustive in detail, and interesting on how the short-lived 1924 government set the tone for Labour in the future - the decision to choose showing they could be trusted to govern over enacting radical measures, the prioritisation of the Union Jack over the red flag in foreign policy, and the need to distance themselves from communism and (to a much lesser extent) the Trade Unions to show they could be trusted. all of these still being points of disagreement in the Labour movement today. A general election has been called for a month's time, and at the moment it points to an absolute wipeout for the Tories, reducing them to a handful of seats and potentially dipping under 20% of voters. Labour on the other hand, could end up with 80% of seats on 40% of the votes thanks to our crackers electoral system. There's a good chance Labour will get a lower percentage than their electoral loss in 2017 and still have their biggest ever majority.
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