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May 12, 2019 · When we lost John Smith, we lost a leader who would have taken Labour and Britain down the path of radical and necessary reform of our constitution and political culture.
May 13, 2019 · John worked closely with Tony Benn when they were both ministers, and they got on well despite political differences. And not just Benn. John Smith sought out common ground, believed in dialogue, listening and learning from others.
May 8, 2024 · The Smith narrative was brutally snapped by his death and replaced by the story of New Labour. Even before a heart attack claimed the Labour leader in 1994, Tony Blair had a presentiment that he was destined to replace Smith and drive forward the modernisation of the party.
May 14, 2014 · John Smith had a deep commitment to the European Union, rebelling against the party in the 1970s. Would he have gone so far as to take Britain into the euro? He would not have faced two constraints that prevented Tony Blair from exercising his preference for euro membership.
May 12, 2014 · That shared determination would have seen John Smith into Downing Street even though he lacked some of Tony Blair’s vote-catching qualities and would not have surrounded himself with as high...
May 13, 2024 · At about 9am on May 12, 1994, John Smith, the leader of the Labour Party, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home. His death, at 55, at the height of his powers, a Prime Minister in waiting, evoked much grief not just in the Labour Party but from all who admired him as an outstanding Parliamentarian and political leader, described by his ...
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May 9, 2019 · John Smith said in 1992 that there were two forces sawing away at the legs that support the Union: one was the nationalists, who wished to destroy the United Kingdom; and the other was the stupid Conservative party, whose members blundered on oblivious to the consequences that their arrogant actions were having for the future integrity of the ...
