Tides of History @labour_history
Commentary on Labour History, British Politics and Working Class Culture Joined November 2016-
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#OTD 1992. Betty Boothroyd is elected as speaker of the House of Commons - the first woman in its 700 year history. She would later claim: “I came out of the womb into the Labour movement...It’s like miners’ coal dust underneath your fingernails. Difficult to scrub out”
THE BIG ONE! I've always wanted to put the fued between Mike Baldwin / Ken Barlow from Coronation Street to Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Today I did. Enjoy your evening x
🖊️NEW #MEIBlog🖊️ In his final blog as @MileEndInst Director, @PatrickDiamond1 explores what #RachelReeves' Mais Lecture tells us about how #Labour will forge a new political and economic settlement for the 2030s if it wins the next #GeneralElection⬇️ 🔗qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and-o…
How Parklife skewered the Nineties - UnHerd unherd.com/2024/04/how-pa…
George Lansbury archives are now online. This is a great resource for labour historians and a fascinating insight into the life of the Labour Party politician and one-time leader sslh.org.uk/2024/04/25/geo…
‘Some are made for office, some aren’t,’ wrote Blair. ‘He wasn’t.’ Our @AlwynTurner on Frank Field (1942-1924) and the New Labour welfare reforms that never happened. wp.me/p6lzJb-5pp
Thanks to the @NTLive for the production of Nye at @cineworld Broughton last night -the 100 th live cinema theatre show since 2009. Continuing to open up access to arts just as #NyeBevan opened access to health. A reminder of the values that led to the NHS foundation in 1948.
Packed Labour History Group "Lessons from 1997" event with Blair's Downing Street Policy team this evening in Parliament - thanks to all who joined us!
Packed Labour History Group "Lessons from 1997" event with Blair's Downing Street Policy team this evening in Parliament - thanks to all who joined us! https://t.co/gN3JjS0tMF
Frank Field on the rise of Militant (1981)
Book of the week - thanks to the recommendation of our friends at @LabourDesign Primed by @benedictpringle - very interesting analysis of five political narratives and how politicians shape their arguments 🔥
I’m really looking forward to chairing the @MileEndInst’s next webinar on Thursday! We’ll be exploring #SadiqKhan’s chances of securing a third term, the impact of #SusanHall’s campaign and the big issues facing #London. You can sign up to join us here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
I’m really looking forward to chairing the @MileEndInst’s next webinar on Thursday! We’ll be exploring #SadiqKhan’s chances of securing a third term, the impact of #SusanHall’s campaign and the big issues facing #London. You can sign up to join us here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Just finished reading "Hope and Glory: Rugby League in Thatcher's Britain" by Anthony Broxton (@labour_history) an excellent account of how the sport nearly died but reinvented itself in a drastically changing world.
You can also sign up for a night reflecting on 30 years since death of John Smith at @MileEndInst And keep your eyes peeled for our special John Smith retrospective this May with some top speeches selected by @DavidDjward 👀
You can also sign up for a night reflecting on 30 years since death of John Smith at @MileEndInst And keep your eyes peeled for our special John Smith retrospective this May with some top speeches selected by @DavidDjward 👀 https://t.co/Wh2qsHkPMz
Lessons from 1997: Making policy for Downing Street Join the latest @LabourHistory meeting tomorrow night 🌟 Sign up 👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/lessons-from…
The genius & blazing anger of Alan Bleasdale, expressed by Bernard Hill, whose Yosser Hughes brilliantly captured the tarmacadam black humour & utter tragedy of the times - plus ça change, with THE BOYS FROM THE BLACK STUFF...
“It’s three decades since the government’s attempt to ban raves radicalised an oddball coalition of dance fans, squatters and ‘new age’ travellers. What became of the protesters who tried to kill the bill?” Brilliant deep dive by @Dorianlynskey theguardian.com/culture/2024/a…
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Was pleased to be involved in this new BBC Sounds podcast available now. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…
Lewis Dodd to Souths is huge - he's been the best 7 in Super League for several years and is already 75 games into his career at just 22. NRL has a blind spot on signing key position players from the UK but there's value there, especially in a weak halves market here.
Powerful stuff
THE BIG ONE! I've always wanted to put the fued between Mike Baldwin / Ken Barlow from Coronation Street to Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Today I did. Enjoy your evening x
Alison Limerick: Where Love Lives (TOTP 1991) All time dance/house classic, released a number of times. Originally issued as a single in 1990 via the Arista label, it spent a few weeks in the lower end of the UK Top 100. However, after becoming popular on the club scene, it…
KLF-The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMS): It's Grim Up North (TOTP 1991) Originally released as a limited edition "Club Mix" in 1990, a re-recorded version was issued the following year featuring the vocals of the KLF's Bill Drummond. Set to a pulsating industrial techno…
Three @SuperLeague games on tonight at the same time, including two with great stories unfolding for Hull KR and Leigh. Could and should all have their own time slot - surely the competition needs to stop these clashes now with every match on tv?
Right, I’m off to bed. Thanks for your ongoing support for #Mammoth, and all the kind words. I really appreciate it. And it will all help when I turn up at the BBC in my Capri, to beg them to commission a second series 😁 Now it’s good night from me, and it’s Goodnight from him.
Nearly woke a whole hotel in South Wales ahead of the 2003 Challenge Cup Final when this went in 😍
Toyah was assaulted mid April 2001. She says she had the baby 26 weeks later. This is a very non pregnant Toyah from an episode that was broadcast at the beginning of October 2001, just before she would of had giver birth Pack this ridiculousness in!! #Corrie #CoronationStreet
@labour_history @MikeMeehallWood @ReadingThePlay @Rod_Studd Living the dream - calling the Arrers and League! And with aplomb!
@Worldchampsx2 @Waterstones It will follow on nicely! 😂
Bath have today confirmed the signing of Tyler Offiah. The imposing 17-year-old was coveted by Leicester, Gloucester, Sale and Wigan Warriors. But as revealed last week, he will join Bath in the summer and start a degree at Bath University in September. bathrugby.com/content/class-…
Very enjoyable pod this! Talking league and the punt with @MikeMeehallWood and @ReadingThePlay on @TheRoarSports - give it a listen. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the…
"He was a naughty boy, David. He was Mrs Thatcher’s plaything..." Today we shall mostly be remembering David Evans, football chairman & working-class Tory MP - the kind who makes Lee Anderson look modest and moderate. thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2023/10/21/eva…
‘There’s a by-election next month, but few believe change will follow: every year or so, political betrayal washes up on Blackpool’s shores, where it is ignored’ @jacobfuredi: 👇buff.ly/3JvkVan
@Dorianlynskey @johnharris1969 @labour_history Great piece. I was a youthful activist in the Campaign Against the 1996 Immigration & Asylum Bill (where widespread media use of ‘bogus’ began) & remember how Schnews brought us together with other activists e.g. Newbury Bypass protestors, broadening my horizons…
From ecstasy to heartbreak! 💔 🎙️ @bbcjohnmurray & Clinton Morrison guide you through Coventry and #MUFC's epic #FACup semi-final! #BBCFootball