A Week Is a Long Time in Politics: The Health Implications of Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party Leadership Victory

Scott-Samuel, A.; Bambra, C.

doi:10.1177/0020731415625252

A Week Is a Long Time in Politics: The Health Implications of Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party Leadership Victory

Scott-Samuel, A.; Bambra, C.

Authors

A. Scott-Samuel

C. Bambra

Abstract

For more than 30 years, socialism within the UK Labour Party – which was in government from 1997 to 2010 and is currently the main UK parliamentary opposition – has been in decline. Despite its origins as a party of and for the working class, Labour has become at best a social democratic party with strong neoliberal leanings. However, in the recent leadership election that followed Labour’s general election defeat in May 2015, the socialist Jeremy Corbyn confounded all expectations by winning Labour’s leadership with a substantial majority. We describe the political context of Corbyn’s controversial victory and discuss its potential short- and medium-term impact on England’s troubled National Health Service and on the public health.

Citation

Scott-Samuel, A., & Bambra, C. (2016). A Week Is a Long Time in Politics: The Health Implications of Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party Leadership Victory. International Journal of Health Services, 46(1), 141-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731415625252

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 1, 2015
Online Publication Date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication Date	Jan 1, 2016
Deposit Date	Apr 21, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Apr 21, 2016
Journal	International Journal of Health Services
Print ISSN	0020-7314
Electronic ISSN	1541-4469
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	46
Issue	1
Pages	141-148
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731415625252

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Scott-Samuel, A. and Bambra, C. (2016) 'A week is a long time in politics : the health implications of Jeremy Corbyn’s UK Labour Party leadership victory.', International journal of health services., 46 (1). pp. 141-148. Copyright © 2015 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.