What about the workers?: The Conservative Party and the organised working class in modern British politics.

Andrew Taylor

doi:10.7765/9781526103628

The relationship between the Conservative Party and the organised working class is fundamental to the making of modern British politics. Although always a minority, the organised working class was perceived by Conservatives as a challenge, a threat and an opportunity. The book’s fundamental question is ‘why throughout its history was the Conservative Party so accommodating towards the organised working class?’ And why in the space of a relatively few years did it abandon this heritage? For much of the party’s history its leaders calculated they had more to gain from the unions’ political inclusion, but during the 1980s Conservative governments marginalised the organised working class to a degree that previously would have been thought politically disastrous for the party. This shift altered British politics profoundly.

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1 - A strong taste for the despotism of numbers?
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2 - Peace and good will?
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3 - We shall get their help
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4 - War, conservatism and union power
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5 - Milk and water socialism?
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6 - The smack of firm government?
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7 - Confronting the British disease?
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8 - The enemy within
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Front matter
pp i-iv

Epigraph
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of tables
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-15

1 - A strong taste for the despotism of numbers?
pp 16-42

2 - Peace and good will?
pp 43-66

3 - We shall get their help
pp 67-94

4 - War, conservatism and union power
pp 95-119

5 - Milk and water socialism?
pp 120-144

6 - The smack of firm government?
pp 145-171

7 - Confronting the British disease?
pp 172-197

8 - The enemy within
pp 198-230

Conclusions
pp 231-236

Bibliography
pp 237-262

Index
pp 263-270

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