Peter Shore & Bangladesh in the LSE Library archives

n this unique post, Daniel Payne (Curator for Politics and International Relations, LSE Library), explores and summarises the papers of the late Peter Shore (1924–2001), Labour Member of Parliament (Stepney (1964–74); Stepney & Poplar (1974–83)), whose support for the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, engagement with the Bangladeshi diaspora in London, and concern for the impact of Britain’s joining the common market in the 1970s on countries like Bangladesh, remain little known and discussed.