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 83 (Summer 2022)
Lobster Issue 78 (Winter 2019)
[PDF file]: […] was one of the considerations which led Murray to suggest, in September 1948, that part of the costs of the unit should be transferred to the secret vote. In addition, the move to the secret vote would enable a more flexible use of money, and For significant detail on the events surrounding the massacre, […]
Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)
Lobster Issue 72 (Winter 2016)
[PDF file]: […] also explain why David Cameron’s campaigning for ‘Remain’ was so low-key and understated, giving Johnson centre stage to perform his upper-crust electoral slapstick and discourage the ‘Leave’ vote. This idea, however, founders on the rock-solid fact that Messrs Cameron and Johnson couldn’t run a sausage-shop between them and, obviously, MI6 would never be so […]
Lobster Issue 62 (Winter 2011)
[PDF file]: […] ‘Realising they couldn’t win without fraud, Dobson’s supporters – without his knowledge – encouraged MPs to call on party members to collect their ballot papers. Members could vote by phone or post. When MPs or their staff turned up on the doorstep helpfully offering to collect ballots, members innocently handed them over. The MP […]
Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)