Colin Hughes and Patrick Wintour are, however, accomplished political journalists, not party hacks - and despite a most unpromising subject - have produced a memorable entertaining account of how the Labour Party was turned around from the lowest ebb (virtually any equivalent European socialist/social-democratic party in the 1980's), to its current status in polls, which implies that a majority of people are now prepared to believe in it as an alternative government and in Neil Kinnock as one of alternative Prime ministers.
Colin Hughes and Patrick Wintour are, however, accomplished political journalists, not party hacks, and – despite a most unpromising subject – have produced a memorable and entertaining account of how the Labour Party was turned around from the lowest ebb (of virtually any equivalent European socialist/social-democratic party in the 1980s), to its current status in polls, which implies that a majority of people are now prepared to believe in it as an alternative government, and in Neil Kinnock as an alternative Prime Minister.