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"""Jasper Miles has produced the definitive historical account of the debate about electoral reform within the British Labour party. Readable and full of insight, this book is an essential guide to how constitutional and electoral reform has been perceived by Labour and the Left in UK politics."" --Professor Patrick Diamond, Queen Mary University of London, UK ""Jasper Miles has written a thorough, balanced and splendidly researched study of the Labour Party's approach to electoral reform, charting the dilemmas the party has faced from its formation to the present day. He shows how the party came to embrace a constitutionally conservative approach, favouring a system that offers the prospect of the party winning office on its own and being able to enact a radical policy of social reform, but a system that more often than not has relegated the party to second place. The breadth and accessibility of the study make for an excellent read. This is an essential text for anyone interested in understanding the fortunes and dilemma of the Labour Party in British politics."" --Professor The Lord Norton of Louth, The University of Hull, UK"

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Jasper Miles is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lincoln. He specializes in British Politics and has written on the Labour Party’s history and political thought, including Peter Shore: Labour’s Forgotten Patriot and James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister?

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