Who runs the Labour Party | British Labour Party | Politics | TV Eye | 1980 

The stupidity of Eric Heffer's position has perhaps been most clearly illustrated by the Conservatives Party in recent year. We've had a number of Tory Prime Ministers chosen by a few thousand Conservative Party members.

Bill Rogers will be 93 on October 28th 2021. Eric Heffer died in 1991.

Do you want me to tell them? 17 years before they return to power. Had a good run....Then Milliband and the Corbynated Chicken.

What a well done programme.

The power struggle between the left and the right of the party is still going on today.

Around 16:00 refers to the issue of Corbyn 35 years ahead of its time.

I was surprised to find that, as of July 2024, Bill Rodgers is still alive aged 95. Heffer died way back in 1991 aged 69.

WOW history repeating!

The brilliance of Heffer. Very underrated.

Mr Rogers ur hairstyle in 1980 reminded me of Ken Dodd

"one man one vote, isn't that a good principle" - William Rodgers talked about the left opening a 'Pandora's box' and the danger of MPs being made "creatures of the caucus," in contrast advocating a broader constituency (both within and outside of the Labour Party). Later, Ed Milliband, in tune with 'moderate' opinion, would introduce reforms aimed at diluting trades union influence whilst encouraging a broader, more diffuse involvement into the Party. Paradoxically or unwittingly, as we now know, this opened a "Pandora's Box" of their own making. One they tried desperately to close.

More interesting than today's shenanigans

Rodgers was a dreary careerist who used the Labour Party to get into Parliament and was useless. Heffer was a highly principled, brilliant, decent man.

Today, the typical British MP represents government to people. It is an elected dictatorship which increasingly has similarities with regimes like the CCP and Russia. People talk about democratic deficit. The curious thing is that people seem very relaxed about this very undemocratic situation.

How are we still arguing about this

Adding commercials now !!

Unfit to govern then and unfit to govern now. what a disgrace

Were all..Dammed!! 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

Our democracy

forty three years

Eric Heffer. If alive today he would be rare Labour MP who had a skilled profession before entering parliament. His arguments for mandatory re-selection of Labour MP’s is just as valid today as it was then.

I think that all important should be decided by the PLP. Internal party democracy just encourages MPs to undermine the party leader and ensure Labour loses elections. Give Labour MPs then they have no excuse for failure.

Old Labour was better.

They got that again during the 2010s with sadly predictable results. There are very few people in this country who want a stupid government

socialisation of the means of production to save the planet

Bill Rodgers and the gang of four took a gamble and lost, unlike Healey and Hattersley who had the courage to stay and fight..and history proved them right.

Today's Labour party is a million times more worse than the loony Lefty's of the 80's and I am glad my father died before he saw the party he loved turn into the monstrous regime it has become. Corbyn,Abbott,MacDonald have all shown themselves to be absolutely inept as MP's and now they want to run our country while promoting anti Jewish feelings and allowing Antifa, Momentum, Stand up to Racism to be their military wing. Outrageous !!! And I would NEVER vote Labour under it's current leadership.

William Rodgers must have looked at himself in the mirror at his weird hairstyle with its black dye and thought - yes, I look fine for being seen in public. I wonder if he had a flat in Dolphin Square?