Coal: Economics versus Emotions?

Andrew Glyn ~ RP 064 (Summer 1993) ~ Commentary

COMMENTARY Coal Economics versus Emotions? Andrew G/yn On 13 October 1992 the British government sanctioned the closure by British Coal of 31 collieries by the end of the year. It completely miscalculated the scale of public response, especially from such unlikely quarters as the streets of Cheltenham and the pages of the Sun and Express. […]

Ideology as Commonsense: The Case of British Conservatism

Robert Eccleshall ~ RP 025 (Summer 1980) ~ Commentary

The third point is that the ideology of the Right now appears strong not only because the media are adept at disguising the crudity of right-wing ideas. The Right plays also on those issues where the Left has hitherto been weak; and these are issues which we cannot simply ignore. Foremost among them is the […]