Lobster Issue 65 (Summer 2013)
[PDF file]: […] that used in Germany and France. A considerable argument develops in the cabinet about these, led by James Callaghan who, by appealing to the trade union bloc vote and trade union-nominated MPs, sees taking an oppositionist stance as his opportunity to destroy the chances of Barbara Castle (who is promoting the proposals) succeeding Harold […]
Lobster Issue 74 (Winter 2017)
[PDF file]: […] In the US voting was taking place in the presidential elections at precisely that moment and, although the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket breezed home with 57% of the popular vote, the US had insisted on an immediate ceasefire. It’s never been really clear why the UK and France didn’t invade at the same time that their […]
Lobster Issue 85 (Summer 2023)
Lobster Issue 34 (Winter 1997)
Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020)
[PDF file]: […] bang up to date. Many of us older hands in politics may struggle to keep up to speed with the latest techniques employed to convince people to vote; but many voters are, in my opinion, being persuaded to vote against their own best interests. The use of the internet to penetrate and cater for […]