CONTENTS

1. Title Page
2. Acknowledgements
3. Foreword by Neil Kinnock
4. Introduction
5. Prologue: A New Look at an ‘Old Labour’ Government
6.  
7. 1 The Toads
8. 2 Dire Straits in 1978
9. 3 The Winter of Our Discontent
10. 4 Loyalist Group Formed
11. 5 The Sad Farewell to Old Labour
12. 6 Leave Thatcher, We’ll Get Callaghan First
13. 7 The Darkest Hour
14. 8 Blunders, Bloomers and the Leadership
15. 9 A Second Own Goal at Wembley
16. 10 Shirley Throws in the Towel
17. 11 The Moderates Fight Back
18. 12 Toad Fights Badger
19. 13 Hope and Despair
20. 14 Foot Won’t Help
21. 15 The Wild Wood
22. 16 The Goodies Gang Up – Benn Cast Away
23. 17 A Phoney Peace and a Real War in the Falklands
24. 18 Taking Control
25. 19 Under New Management
26. 20 By-elections at Bermondsey and Darlington
27. 21 The Longest Suicide Note
28. 22 The 1983 General Election – Foot’s Last Stand
29. 23 The Leadership Battle – Kinnock’s Victory
30. 24 The Fall of Militant
31. 25 The Fall of Benn
32.  
33. Epilogue: Blackpool, Conference Week 1998
34. Postscript: Westminster, December 2015 The Left Ascendant in a New Winter of Discontent
35. Select Bibliography
36. Appendix: The Guardian Obituary of John Golding
37. Index
38. Copyright