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 ...

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 ...