The fine blossom of the capitalist system who became a Labour rebel
Peter Clarke: Stafford Cripps, 27 April 2000
Stafford Cripps: A Political Life
by Simon Burgess.
Gollancz, 374 pp., £25, November 1999,0 575 06565 6 Show More
by Simon Burgess.
Gollancz, 374 pp., £25, November 1999,
“... When the Guardian covered the recent Budget, it had a lot of fun unpacking the surprises sprung by Gordon Brown in the course of his demonstration that ‘all this prudence is for a purpose.’ The point was that his ‘updated Protestant work ethic’ offered rewards both for individuals and for the nation as a whole, in the form of tax cuts and increases in public spending ... ”