David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. Maurice Kogan was an internationally renowned scholar of public policy, and of higher education in particular. He was also founding professor of government and social administration at Brunel University, and creator and director of its centre for the evaluation of public policy.

an invaluable guide through the minefield

• Preface to the Second EditionIndex of Abbreviations1. The Labour Party in Turmoil2. The Evolution of the Outside Left3. The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) Emerges4. Groups of the Outside Left5. The Left Grows in Power (1979–80)6. Unity on the Outside Left (1980)7. ‘We have had every major group against us but we have won’: Triumph at Blackpool and Wembley8. Testing the Electoral College: the Benn Campaign9. The Right Fights Back10. ‘London’s Ours’: The Triumph of the Outside Left in London11. The Battle for the Boroughs: ‘Let’s Run London Our Way’12. Not a Revolt But a RevolutionEpilogueFootnotesIndexA Note on the Authors

David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. Maurice Kogan was an internationally renowned scholar of public policy, and of higher education in particular. He was also founding professor of government and social administration at Brunel University, and creator and director of its centre for the evaluation of public policy.

an invaluable guide through the minefield

• Preface to the Second EditionIndex of Abbreviations1. The Labour Party in Turmoil2. The Evolution of the Outside Left3. The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) Emerges4. Groups of the Outside Left5. The Left Grows in Power (1979–80)6. Unity on the Outside Left (1980)7. ‘We have had every major group against us but we have won’: Triumph at Blackpool and Wembley8. Testing the Electoral College: the Benn Campaign9. The Right Fights Back10. ‘London’s Ours’: The Triumph of the Outside Left in London11. The Battle for the Boroughs: ‘Let’s Run London Our Way’12. Not a Revolt But a RevolutionEpilogueFootnotesIndexA Note on the Authors

David Kogan has worked in the UK and US media as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada, Reel Enterprises which he founded, Wasserman Media Group and Magnum Photos as CEO. His first book, The Battle for the Labour Party, published in 1981, remains essential reading about the Labour party. Maurice Kogan was an internationally renowned scholar of public policy, and of higher education in particular. He was also founding professor of government and social administration at Brunel University, and creator and director of its centre for the evaluation of public policy.

an invaluable guide through the minefield

• Preface to the Second EditionIndex of Abbreviations1. The Labour Party in Turmoil2. The Evolution of the Outside Left3. The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) Emerges4. Groups of the Outside Left5. The Left Grows in Power (1979–80)6. Unity on the Outside Left (1980)7. ‘We have had every major group against us but we have won’: Triumph at Blackpool and Wembley8. Testing the Electoral College: the Benn Campaign9. The Right Fights Back10. ‘London’s Ours’: The Triumph of the Outside Left in London11. The Battle for the Boroughs: ‘Let’s Run London Our Way’12. Not a Revolt But a RevolutionEpilogueFootnotesIndexA Note on the Authors