Dragons led by poodles

by Paul Flynn

"Ruthless establishment apparatchiks and spin doctors sabotaged the democratic election of a uniquely gifted and popular politician." "A nightmare year separated Welsh politicians into brave 'True Labour' Dragons and subservient 'New Labour' Poodles. It's not Gerrymandering but Tony-mandering. The legacy of John Smith's One Member One Vote is reduced to the ruthless conformism and intolerance of One Leader: One Veto. Tony-mandering works. But the cost is electoral humiliation for Labour and the degradation of the party's ideals."--BOOK JACKET.