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What Can Labour Learn From Michael Foot’s 1983 General Election Defeat?
For better or worse, comparisons between Jeremy Corbyn and Labour’s leader in the early 1980s have become commonplace for the commentariat. James Smith reads Michael Foot’s memoir of his election defeat and considers its impact.