Is Socialism Possible in Britain?

Reflections on the Corbyn Years

Andrew Murray

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Verso Books
29 November 2022

Political science & theory; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Is Socialism Possible in Britain? analyses Jeremy Corbyn’s tenure as Labour leader and the prospects for parliamentary socialism in a post-Corbyn Britain. Lively and insightful, it is informed by an insider’s view of the most radical period in Labour’s history.

Seconded to Corbyn’s office from Len McCluskey’s Unite in 2017, Andrew Murray witnessed the extraordinary daily bombardment of the Corbyn project by sections of the Parliamentary Labour Party and an equally hostile mainstream media. He assesses the leadership’s response to the antisemitism controversy and the dilemmas of Brexit, Keir Starmer’s stampede back to the ‘extreme centre’, and the posthumous vindication of Corbynist policies in the emergency response to covid-19.

The problems that beset Corbyn are likely to confront any similar political project. Is Socialism Possible in Britain? explores how they can be more effectively addressed in the future – a future which we must hope is not so far away.

By: Andrew Murray
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 248g
ISBN: 9781839766640
ISBN 10: 1839766646
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 29 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Murray served as special advisor to Jeremy Corbyn, chief of staff at Unite the Union and chair of Stop the War. His books include The Fall and Rise of the British Left, A New Labour Nightmare and Off the Rails.

Reviews for Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years

The most fluent and authoritative account to have emerged from the left...humorous and candid -- Gabriel Pogrund * Times, Best Books 2022 * A vital corrective to establishment efforts to erase Corbynism and deny how close it came to power. -- Ronan Burtenshaw, Editor of <i>Tribune</i> Engaging and very readable, with profound insights and a coruscating wit. * Morning Star * Insightful, indeed inspiring. -- Kevin Maguire * Daily Mirror * The best of the Corbyn camp's books. Murray powerfully points at rotten pillars of the global order that the Labour right sometimes defends. -- Tom Clark * Times Literary Supplement *