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Prawn Cocktail Offensive
The Prawn Cocktail Offensive was the scornful name given to the British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party's success (while in opposition in the 1990s) in winning trust and backing from the United Kingdom's financial sector. The Prawn Cocktail Offensive was executed under the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shadow Chancellorship of John Smith (Labour Party leader), John Smith, who accompanied Mo Mowlam on an extensive series of private lunches and conferences with City figures. Keir Starmer's efforts to also win back the trust of the UK Financial sector has been described as a 'Prawn Cocktail Offensive 2.0'. Origin of name A prawn cocktail is a seafood entrée popular (but regarded as something of a luxury) in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. By the time of Smith and Mowlam's operations it had acquired unfortunate connotations of Naff (Polari)#Naff, naffness. The combination of this dish with the well-known political phrase "wikt:charm offensive, charm offensive" was a reference to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |