Hilaire Belloc and Cecil Chesterton, The Party System

London, Stephen Swift, 1911

The Party System was added to this website in early September, 2015, during the leadership election of the British Labour Party. Though written over a hundred years ago, it may help to explain the hostility of the party’s higher ranks towards Jeremy Corbyn, who seemed to many people to be the only candidate genuinely opposed to the Conservatives.

TEXT
Background note (by M.B.)
Preface
Contents
I. The representative system
II. The governing group
III. The House of Commons as it is
IV. The secret funds
V. The control of elections
VI. The defence
VII. Can it be mended?
Notes
Footnotes
IMAGES
Title page (serving as e-book cover)