The Labour Party and British Republicanism

The famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, once solved a case by referring to “the dog that did not bark.” In the past 250 years of British history, republicanism is another dog that did not bark. This is particularly true of supposedly our most radical major political party, the Labour Party. Over the...

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izdano v:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/erea,
Glavni avtor: O. MORGAN, Kenneth
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: E-rea 2011
Online dostop:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Izvleček:The famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, once solved a case by referring to “the dog that did not bark.” In the past 250 years of British history, republicanism is another dog that did not bark. This is particularly true of supposedly our most radical major political party, the Labour Party. Over the monarchy, as over constitutional matters generally, Labour’s instincts have been conservative. Even after 1997, when the party, led by Lord Irvine, has indeed embarked upon major constitutional re...