Prisoners of the past nostalgia and the post war labour party july 17 2018 september 13 2018 anthony broxton whether its the collective imagery of dunkirk 1945 thatcherism or the iraq war our political discourse remains wedded to the imagery of the past. Nostalgia and the post war labour partyprovides a serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the labour party and raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Nostalgia and the post war labour partyelprovides a serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the labour party and raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Get this from a library nostalgia and the post war labour party prisoners of the past richard jobson this book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the labour partys political development since 1951 it argues that nostalgia has defined labours identity and determined the partys . Nostalgia and the post war labour party prisoners of the past first edition richard jobson published by manchester university press challenges our understanding of labours political development since 1951 offers a timely explanation of labours current political trajectory and the situation in which the party now finds itself