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Author:   Mark Perryman ,  Clive Lewis
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
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9780745351094

ISBN 10:   0745351093
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   20 August 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction - Mark Perryman Part One - Mapping the Hope 1. The Forward March of Labour Rebooted - Jeremy Gilbert  2. How Labour Turned Defeat Into Victory - Christabel Cooper  3. From Two Parties, to Three, Four, and Five - Jess Garland  4. The Authenticity Question - Joe Kennedy  Part Two - The Fallout 5. The Perils of Monopoly Labourism - Neal Lawson 6. The Conservative Meltdown - Phil Burton-Cartledge 7. The Return of a Populist Right - Joe Mullhall 8. Back to the Fragments - Hilary Wainwright  Part Three - Stability, Change, a Circle Squared 9. It's the Economy, not Stupid - James Meadway  10. Climate Emergency Incoming - Andrew Simms  11. The Immigration Election? - Maya Goodfellow  12. Putting Britain Back Together Again - Brendan McGeever  Part Four - The Outcomes 13. Radical, Pragmatic, Social Democratic - Eunice Goes  14. The Rise and Fall of Left Populism - Marina Prentoulis  15. Taken For Granted - Ali Milani 16. Unions Make Us Strong - Gregor Gall

Reviews

'A vital kickback against national decline, ranging over the aimless, joyless landscape of Britain under Grey Labour. Mark Perryman has persuaded some of the fiercest, most eloquent polemicists in the land to examine, expose and ultimately eviscerate one of the lamest leaders in Labour history. An essential, devastating, often very funny chorus of left-wing righteousness' -- Alex Niven, Editor, <i>Tribune Magazine</i> 'Packed with insightful commentary focussing on Labour lacking a two-way dialogue between members and leadership which is driving many of the party’s activists away. Via a critique of Labour’s resistance to coalition-building, so vital under our undemocratic voting system, The Starmer Symptom pinpoints the reasons why Labour is failing to reverse the rise of the Far Right agenda' -- Cat Arnold, member Labour Party National Executive Committee 'The core of the argument is that Labour needs to break out of Labourism and remake itself a part of a broader pluralist bloc. Labour absolutely should be like this, here is a book that brilliantly explains why it has never been' -- Alan Finlayson, Chair of Editorial Board Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy 'Had me cheering on the writers and their arguments as they interrogated the symptoms of a Labour Party that has undermined its own potential for change. Left me asking, what is this bloody huge parliamentary majority for?!' -- Laura Parker 'A book that provides a theoretical critique of Starmerism which is both extremely accessible and entirely non-intimidating, no mean feat when drawing on thinkers such as Gramsci and Stuart Hall' -- Pat Stack, 'Stack on the Back' 'A very stimulating, accessible, and engaging read. By drawing on a wide range of theoretical and historical sources, Mark Perryman advances our understanding of Starmer's project, its prospects, and its implications' -- Colm Murphy author of Futures of Socialism: 'Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973-1997 'Keir Starmer decries the existence of Starmerism. Yet his actions as Prime Minister tell a different story - he has a discernible political project. Mark Perryman and the authors tease out the underlying shape of what this 'Starmerism' is and could still be. An invaluable contribution to thinking about Labour politics today' -- John McTernan, formerly Tony Blair’s Director of Political Operations

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Mark Perryman's previous books include The Corbyn Effect, The Moderniser's Dilemma and The Blair Agenda. A pioneer of a left culture rooted in the convivial and participative rather than command and control, Mark mixes politics and culture as the co-founder of the self-styled 'sporting outfitters of intellectual distinction', Philosophy Football.

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