It seems I was right...
Apr. 13th, 2004 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julietCompare this from the Guardian with my MPhil thesis. I was *right*.
[Note: MPhil thesis is 643K of PDF, and probably actually of interest only to, er, pretty much no one, in fact. However, it was entitled 'Exit, Voice, & Loyalty: behaviour of dissatisfied Labour party members', and it said, broadly, that a) a significant number of members were dissatisfied (this was written in 2000), b) they were going to start leaving the party soon, & c) this mattered, because grassroots activism is important in winning elections (this has not, recently, been the standard view of elections). Comparing that with the above article will demonstrate why I feel slightly smug, albeit concerned about the future of Labour...]
[Note: MPhil thesis is 643K of PDF, and probably actually of interest only to, er, pretty much no one, in fact. However, it was entitled 'Exit, Voice, & Loyalty: behaviour of dissatisfied Labour party members', and it said, broadly, that a) a significant number of members were dissatisfied (this was written in 2000), b) they were going to start leaving the party soon, & c) this mattered, because grassroots activism is important in winning elections (this has not, recently, been the standard view of elections). Comparing that with the above article will demonstrate why I feel slightly smug, albeit concerned about the future of Labour...]
