A History of the Labour Party 1906-2005
[OLE3043]

Ronnie Hanna, BA, MA 

New Year 2025 

10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 22 January 

This 10-lecture study of the Labour Party traces the party's roots back to the early trades union movement, and in particular the emergence of the big general unions at the end of the nineteenth century.  The subsequent relationship between the party and the trades unions is an important part of the Labour story in the twentieth century.  Due attention will be paid to the most important leaders of the party, including MacDonald, Attlee, Wilson and Blair, to the transformative government of 1945–51 and to the phenomenon of ‘New Labour’.  The course will also attempt to answer the question of why the ‘party of the people’ has spent so little time in power. 

Fee £92.00 (concession rate £66.00) 

10 CATS Points (Level 1) 

This class will take place on QUB campus 

Concession: The concession rate is available for those who are in receipt of State Benefits (including pension), or are full-time students, part or full-time Queen’s students or are members of University staff holding a valid staff card:

Course: Full RateConcession Rate