[PDF file]: […] of competing interests. The first chapters of Minkin’s book explore the complex relationship between reformist elements during John Smith’s leadership, particularly in the run-up to the 1993 vote on introducing OMOV – One Member, One Vote. The manoeuvres about how to give ordinary members a greater say in the party’s affairs took on epic […]
[PDF file]: […] issues, that two Republicans actually voted against her. For the first time in the history of the US Senate, the Vice President had to use his casting vote to carry an appointment to the Cabinet. Pence is also close to her brother, Erik Prince – the founder of the notorious Blackwater mercenary company – […]
[PDF file]: […] again in November 1964.6 On p. 70 of his book (see footnote 2) Mr Margolick records how, as Eisenhower’s VicePresident, Richard Nixon had also courted the black vote in the 1950s, manoeuvres which included joining the NAACP and making ostentatious fact-finding visits to Africa. Dr King, watching Nixon’s careful repositioning, presciently observed: 6 Continues […]
[PDF file]: […] dead and Amanda shooting herself.13 The America Whitelash led to the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016 – albeit with a minority of the popular vote, we must always remember. Even with Trump defeated in the 2020 election, Lowery nevertheless concludes that ‘it’s hard to look at the horizon and not see […]
[…] dead and Amanda shooting herself.13 The America Whitelash led to the election of Donald Trump as President in 2016 – albeit with a minority of the popular vote, we must always remember. Even with Trump defeated in the 2020 election, Lowery nevertheless concludes that ‘it’s hard to look at the horizon and not see […]
[PDF file]: […] nationalists could all be put back in the bottle and the whole terrible experience could be put behind them. Instead Trump became President, despite losing the popular vote quite decisively, installed in office by the Electoral College. For the Republican establishment, this posed a serious problem. Did they continue to oppose Trump, did they […]
[PDF file]: […] David Lloyd-George).2 Government policy then was to intervene and regulate wherever needed to ensure the highest standards of living for 1 A mass electorate, where one person=one vote, only emerged in the UK in 1918, later than in many other countries. The Liberal Party split of 1931 produced a two party system that lasted […]
[PDF file]: […] maps the virtual tripling in party membership that liberated its finances from years of indebtedness and assorted financial embarrassments5 that saw Labour take a 40 per cent vote share in the 2017 general election.6 Two years earlier under Ed Miliband’s leadership Labour had barely topped 30 per cent and Corbyn’s many party foes in […]
