Crossing the Floor - by Geoff Horn (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection reflected an important 'sea change' in British politics; the end of the post-war consensus and the beginnings of the Thatcher era. This book examines the key<br>events surrounding Prentice's transition from a front-line Labour politician to a Conservative minister in the first Thatcher government. It focuses on the shifting political climate in Britain during the 1970s, as the post-war settlement came under pressure from adverse economic conditions, <br>militant trade unionism and an assertive New Left. Prentice's story provides an important case study on the crisis that afflicted social democracy, highlighting Labour's left-right divide and the possibility of a realignment of British politics. This study will be invaluable to anyone interested in<br>the turbulent and transitional nature of British politics during a watershed period.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This new biography provides an account of the career of Reg Prentice, one of the most controversial yet neglected figures in modern British political history. Prentice 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; the end of the post-war consensus and the beginnings of the Thatcher era. This book examines in detail the key events surrounding Prentice's transition from a front-line Labour politician, serving in the Wilson and Callaghan governments of 1974-79, through to his dramatic decision to join the Conservative Party of Margaret Thatcher. It specifically focuses on the shifting political climate in Britain during the 1970s, as the post-war settlement came under pressure from adverse economic conditions, militant trade unionism and an assertive New Left. Prentice's story provides an important case study on the crisis that afflicted social democracy, whilst highlighting the full extent of the divisions that emerged within the Labour Party and the underlying possibility of a realignment of British politics. This study represents a unique approach to political biography by offering students and academics an in-depth examination of the 1970s through the story of Prentice's political journey from left to right. It will be invaluable to anyone interested in the turbulent and transitional nature of British politics during a watershed period in recent history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><br>Geoff Horn's political biography of Reg Prentice - the highest-ranking Labour politician to defect to the Conservatives - is an accessibly written case study of an under-theorised phenomenonEL <br>The study of Prentice provides a personal context that has been largely shrouded in mystery, and is therefore an interesting lens through which Horn views the broader fragmenting of the Labour party in the 1970sEL <br>Horn neatly interlinks the political transition of Prentice - a man with strong Labour and union roots - with the Labour Party's internal dynamics. The book is therefore, recommended reading for historians and political scientists of Britain alike. - Alan Wager, Queen Mary University of London, <br>Political Studies Review <p/><p></p><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Geoff Horn teaches Politics at Newcastle University<br>
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