Baroness Smith of Cluny KC made her debut at the despatch box in the House of Lords (Stefan Rousseau/PA) The youngest daughter of the late Labour leader John Smith has said it is “a privilege to ...

But it was the Labour leader John Smith who finally gave John Prescott political room to breathe, with a key role in selling modernisation to the party and unions. It was John Smith who kick ...

She is the youngest daughter of John Smith, the late Labour leader who led the party from 1992 until his death in 1994. Her ...

First of all, Lawson is right to claim that John Smith, Labour leader between July 1992 and his death in May 1994, would have won in 1997. “By then the nation was heartily sick of the Tories.

Although he may not entirely succeed in explaining why Labour wins, Douglas Beattie has succeeded in delivering an ...

As part of their plan to improve electoral performance the Labour Party pursued a new direction, one which diluted union power. Tony Blair continued the plans of his predecessor, John Smith ...

Labour went into the 1997 election campaign determined to avoid a fifth consecutive general election defeat. Everything possible was done to preserve the party's massive lead in the polls and ...