Dr Kevin Hickson, a stalwart of the Social Democratic Party, discusses his new biography of Peter Shore with the Leader of the Workers Party of Britain, George Galloway. Keir who? But the election of Keir Starmer as Leader of the Labour Party is greatly increasing interest both in the SDP and in the WPB.
Those parties agree on a lot, and where they agree, then they are right. In better days, then they would have been in the Labour Party. In better days, then they would have been the Labour Party, the Labour Party of Peter Shore.
The SDP's identification with its 1980s namesake is regrettable, but is ultimately irrelevant when it is now a party full of Peter Shore people rather than Roy Jenkins people. And certain factions involved in the formation of the WPB are vastly smaller than its current membership, which continues to grow exponentially.
At next year's Scottish, Welsh and London elections, both the SDP and the WPB ought to submit lists to the electorate. To vote the same way for the list as for the constituency is to waste the second vote. Properly executed, this way could elect 14 members of each, eight in Scotland, five in Wales, and one in London. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
Those parties agree on a lot, and where they agree, then they are right. In better days, then they would have been in the Labour Party. In better days, then they would have been the Labour Party, the Labour Party of Peter Shore.
The SDP's identification with its 1980s namesake is regrettable, but is ultimately irrelevant when it is now a party full of Peter Shore people rather than Roy Jenkins people. And certain factions involved in the formation of the WPB are vastly smaller than its current membership, which continues to grow exponentially.
At next year's Scottish, Welsh and London elections, both the SDP and the WPB ought to submit lists to the electorate. To vote the same way for the list as for the constituency is to waste the second vote. Properly executed, this way could elect 14 members of each, eight in Scotland, five in Wales, and one in London. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
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