howard mcsweeney1 wrote:What frivolous parties and dinners and more importantly why did I not get invited?
'From the slumland wards of the riverfront came councillors whose primary purpose for being in politics was to obtain a social status and satisfaction that was denied them in their everyday lives. These people had little concern with the policies that the leadership pursued. They were interested in status and their support could be won by a leader who would reward their loyalty with prizes that were, in themselves, unimportant but to the recipient they conferred privilege. Membership of the Parks and Gardens Committee is rarely of political significance, but to an unskilled labourer who is used to no social respect, the committee's lunches and tours of inspection can afford considerable satisfaction'.
Robert Baxter - The Liverpool Labour Party 1918-1963
