Herbert Morrison by Bernard Donoughue

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Herbert Morrison by Bernard Donoughue

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Summary

Herbert Morrison, who started his life as an errand boy, was at the centre of British political life for nearly forty years and almost became Prime Minister.

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Herbert Morrison by Bernard Donoughue

With a Foreword by his grandson, Peter Mandelson, this book tells the inspiring story of how 'the chirpy cockney sparrow' and young socialist agitator from Lambeth rose to rule London as Britain's most famous city boss and then, nationally, shaped the Labour Party's policies and directed its successful electoral strategies. In a succession of important Cabinet posts, he shared the catastrophe of Ramsay MacDonald's 1931 Government, was Churchill's inspired choice to fight the German blitz throughout the war, managed Labour's great post-1945 reconstruction programme and ended his career overwhelmed by problems and seemingly inexplicable failures as Foreign Secretary. As Peter Mandelson says in his Foreword:'Morrison is one of Labour's forgotten heroes...the quintessential political organiser...Writing this Foreword nearly four years into what I hope and believe will be the first term of a long period of Labour government, this is the essential Morrison maxim we must never ignore: delivery and renewal must go hand in hand. That Labour had finally learned the lessons of his own life would give my grandfather great joy. And for me it would b his finest memorial.'

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Bernard Donoughue is a former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the LSE. He is currently a member of the House of Lords. G.W. Jones (George Jones) M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford): Professor of Government at LSE since 1976; member of the Layfield Committee on Local Government Finance (1974-76) and of the National Consumer Council (1991-99); in 1999 appointed to the Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils, and awarded the OBE.
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ISBN 13 9781842124413
ISBN 10 1842124412
Title Herbert Morrison
Author Bernard Donoughue
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2001-04-05
Number of pages 736
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