John Golding

John Golding, a former employment minister in James Callaghan's government, union general secretary and MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, was one of the most powerful figures in the Labour movement during the party's civil war in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was instrumental in defeating the extremists and denying Tony Benn the leadership of the Labour Party, while Golding and his union allies also smashed Militant as a national force well before Neil Kinnock's famous Bournemouth speech in 1985. John Golding died in early 1999 at the age of sixty-seven.

	Hammer of the Left: Defeating Tony Benn, Eric Heffer and Militant in the battle for the Labour Party Often shocking and always controversial, Hammer of the Left provides a compelling testament to the battle for Labour's soul This edition: Hardback
	234x153mm | ISBN: 1842750798 | 336pp | £25.00 | 02 Sep 2003 | Find out more