Leaders of the Opposition

From Churchill to Cameron

T. Heppell

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780230296473
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230369009
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Timothy Heppell brings together a renowned group of contributors to consider the role of the Leader of the Opposition in British Politics. The book argues that the neglect of opposition studies needs to be addressed, especially given the increasing importance attached to the performance the Leader of the Opposition in the British political system.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Winston Churchill, 1945–51
• 3 Clement Attlee, 1951–5
• 4 Hugh Gaitskell, 1955–63
• 5 Harold Wilson, 1963–4 and 1970–4
• 6 Alec Douglas-Home, 1964–5
• 7 Edward Heath, 1965–70 and 1974–5
• 8 Margaret Thatcher, 1975–9
• 9 James Callaghan, 1979–80
• 10 Michael Foot, 1980–3
• 11 Neil Kinnock, 1983–92
• 12 John Smith, 1992–4
• 13 Tony Blair, 1994–7
• 14 William Hague, 1997–2001
• 15 Iain Duncan Smith, 2001–3
• 16 Michael Howard, 2003–5
• 17 David Cameron, 2005–10
• 18 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index