1988/03/01 by Andrew Thorpe · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Political and Economic history of UK and US
paper · doi:10.1017/s0018246x00012012
openalex publication_date 1988/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
‘No matter how often it is told, the story remains fantastic’, wrote Margaret Cole in 1956, referring to the British political crisis of a quarter of a century before. It would be rash to make such a comment today, for in recent years sober research has answered many of the more ‘fantastic’ questions. The role of the Labour opposition, though, remains somewhat neglected; most spectacularly, no attempt has been made systematically to analyse the actions and motivations of its leader during the crisis, Arthur Henderson. A reappraisal is both necessary and possible.