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Was the 1983 Labour manifesto ahead of its time?

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Some of the 1983 proposals – such as devolution to Scotland and Wales, a Freedom of Information Act, and equal rights for part-time workers – were eventually enacted by Labour after it came to power in 1997. But the bulk of the manifesto was never implemented. read more

The 1983 Labour manifesto was what happens when you let the activists write the manifesto. Good activists are people who don’t take “No. That’s impractical or impossible.” for an answer and you absolutely need them to get things changed; more rational moderates would give up long before (and I’ve written an excoriation of political methodological moderates). read more

Provide student-trainees, in full-time education, with an educational maintenance allowance of £25 a week, at 1983 prices, covering 52 weeks in a year. Labour will establish new rights and provide more resources for youth. read more

It is almost 35 years since Mrs Thatcher defeated Michael Foot’s Labour in the 1983 General Election. According to a Radio 4 Archive Hour programme on the subject in 2013, the Labour Election campaign was shambolic and Foot, while appealing to some of Labour’s core vote, failed to connect to a wider audience. read more

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