{"product_id":"crossing-the-floor-reg-prentice-and-the-crisis-of-british-social-democracy-9780719088698","title":"Crossing the Floor Reg Prentice and the Crisis of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new biography provides an account of the career of Reg Prentice, one of the most controversial figures in modern British political history. He remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period, and his defection was reflective of an important 'sea change' in British politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"the strongest impression the book leaves on this reader is as a reminder of the weakness and fragmentation of the Labour right during the 1970s and the exposed position in which neo-revisionist social democrats such as Prentice and Jenkins found themselves\"\u003cbr\u003e(Peter Sloman, Contemporary British History 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. Labour moderate\u003cbr\u003e3. The rule of law\u003cbr\u003e4. Stand up and be counted\u003cbr\u003e5. Cabinet Cassandra\u003cbr\u003e6. Retribution in Newham\t\u003cbr\u003e7. Staging a fightback\t\u003cbr\u003e8. Anti-party man\u003cbr\u003e9. Crossing the Rubicon\t\u003cbr\u003e10. Conservative member\t\u003cbr\u003e11. Epilogue\t\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037342335319,"sku":"9780719088698","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719088698.jpg?v=1750935363","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crossing-the-floor-reg-prentice-and-the-crisis-of-british-social-democracy-9780719088698","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}