Loyalty to the party and its values have prompted trade union leaders, current and former Members of Parliament and ministers, historians, peers, and journalists to sketch the life and political career of major figures in the British Labour Party since its inception. They so treat every Labour Cabinet Minister to date, other key parliamentarians, thinkers, polemicists, trade union leaders, general secretaries of the party and the Trades Union Council, backroom fixers and organizers, and prominent mavericks. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)