Five Year Mission
The Labour Party under Ed Miliband
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 2 April 2015
- ISBN 9780198702962
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages316 pages
- Size 214x136x18 mm
- Weight 394 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The story of Ed Miliband's attempt to put Labour back into power after just five years in opposition: the challenges he has faced, the difficulties - and the colleagues - he has had to deal with, some of the mistakes he has made, and the successes he has occasionally enjoyed along the way.
MoreLong description:
In May 2010, Labour suffered one of its worst ever election defeats. A few months later it chose Ed Miliband as its new leader. His task? To win back power after just one term in opposition - a tall order given how many voters had come to blame Labour for the economic mess the country was in, and to see the party as a soft-touch when it came to immigration and welfare.
Even those who were more sympathetic had their doubts. Was Ed Miliband really leadership material? Would he be able to overcome defeating his elder brother to get to the top? Would he have to do as he was told by the trade union leaders who had helped him win? Could he resolve the tensions between Blairites and Brownites, Blue Labour and New Labour? Might his desire to keep his colleagues united mean Labour stayed stuck in its comfort zone? Would he, in seeking to break from the party's recent past, take it too far to the left? Could he offer the electorate something really radical in 2015 or would he instead choose something safer but ultimately less inspiring? And what should twenty-first social democracy look like now that the money had run out?
This book, by one of the country's foremost experts on party politics, seeks to answer all those questions and, in the run up to the 2015 general election, to ask one more: will Ed Miliband's five year mission turn out to be 'mission impossible'?
This crisp and penetrating analysis shines new light on Labour's striving for the historically near-impossible - a return to power after just one term in opposition. Ed Miliband as potential prime minister emerges as a new figure, under-examined in the cacophony of his detractors. A gripping read, Bale balances sharp style and insight with invaluable research rigour.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Kid Brother: Spring - Autumn, 2010
No Honeymoon: Autumn 2010 - Spring 2011
Predators: Spring - Autumn 2011
Omnishambles: Autumn 2011 to Spring 2012
One Nation: Spring - Autumn 2012
Benefits of the Doubt: Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013
Warming Up: Spring - Autumn 2013
Final Bend: Autumn 2013 - Spring 2014
Home Straight: Spring - Autumn 2014
Conclusion: Mission Accomplished?
