Labour’s third term: A tale of two prime ministers

Britain at the Polls 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-36

  Allen, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84952325742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446269220.n1     Document Type: Chapter

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