How Starmer clipped Labour’s wings

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Back in 1981, a bitter battle was being fought for the soul of the Labour party. Two totemic figures of the party’s Left and Right wings went head-to-head for the deputy leadership. In the end, Tony Benn — a doyen of the Eighties New Left scene — lost by the tiniest of margins to Denis…

This story appeared on unherd.com, 2025-09-12 23:20:45.
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