Labour Party

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politics Iris Murdoch
IM once said that she was a Communist from the age of thirteen; it was a natural allegiance in the thirties for anyone growing up in an idealistic and civic-minded milieu. Her early political thinking...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF was most at home in the NUWSS because of her deep-rooted beliefs in constitutionalism and non-violence. Although she could not bring herself to adopt militant methods, as an executive committee member she worked to...
politics Michèle Roberts
Not long afterwards, she and her friends in London were pursuing street politics to the left of the Labour Party , like mounting a carnival float at a CND festival to represent and caricature Real...
politics Mary Agnes Hamilton
When a revised constitution allowed individuals to join the Labour Party directly, instead of via one of its affiliated organisations, MAH got to know and appreciate the Trade Union side of the party.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape.
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politics Storm Jameson
Jameson described the 1933 Labour Conference at Hastings as haunted by the ghost of German Social Democracy, in the shape usually of a young doctor or lawyer, with a pale intelligent face, and no money...
politics Virginia Woolf
VW 's feminist and socialist views went along with firm opposition to the war, and to the militaristic political structures that had produced the war, which is evident in many of her writings. Leonard was...
politics Muriel Box
During the late 1950s and early 1960s MB became involved with several political causes. She joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), and was arrested and roughed up by the police on a demonstration of...
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
After returning to the executive committee of the NUWSS in 1912, IOF spoke in favour of a resolution which pledged the union to support Labour candidates in most constituencies, unless an old friend of the...
politics Maude Royden
MR spoke in support of the NUWSS 's Election Fighting Fund policy at the meeting of the NUWSS and the Labour Party at the Royal Albert Hall.
“The Papers of Agnes Maude Royden”. Archives Hub: London Metropolitan University: Women’s Library.
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell.
100
politics Pamela Hansford Johnson
During the 1930s PHJ was involved with left-wing politics. She was, she said, awakened to the reality of Nazism in 1934,
Johnson, Pamela Hansford. Important to Me. Macmillan; Scribner.
17
by a Time magazine photograph of a girl in a concentration camp. She...
politics Virginia Woolf
But Woolf recorded in her diary in May 1940: Thinking is my fighting.
Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus.
694
Her thinking manifested itself in various ways. She was involved to varying degrees with a number of leftist associations: the Labour Party
politics Isabella Ormston Ford
In cold weather leading up to the election of 6 December 1923, IOF campaigned on behalf of her old friend Philip Snowden , who was running as a candidate for the Labour Party . The...
politics Maude Royden
Up until 1912, the NUWSS had been associated with the Liberal Party ; however, the Liberals' refusal to consider women's suffrage and the Labour Party 's recent concern for it caused the society to change...
politics Dora Russell
DR ran unsuccessfully for Parliament, seeking to represent the Labour Party for Chelsea.
Russell, Dora. The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest for Liberty and Love. G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
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Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century.
364
politics Doreen Wallace
Generally Rowland Rash was Conservative, while Doreen was socialist although only intermittently in agreement with the current policies of the Labour Party . Late in life she opposed Britain's entry into the European Economic Community

Timeline

November 1967: The pound sterling was devalued, something...

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November 1967

The pound sterling was devalued, something which Harold Wilson 's Labour government had been trying in vain to prevent.

19 June 1970: The day after a surprise Conservative victory...

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19 June 1970

The day after a surprise Conservative victory in the general election, Edward Heath formed the government (succeeding to the Labour administration of Harold Wilson ).

1971: In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's...

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1971

In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's future entry into the European Community or Common Market, Conservative members plus 68 pro-European Labour members voted in favour.

4 March 1974: Labour having come first past the post in...

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4 March 1974

Labour having come first past the post in the general election of 28 February, Harold Wilson formed his second government (a minority one), replacing ConservativeEdward Heath as Prime Minister.

10 April 1974: The Annan Committee began work on its enquiry...

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10 April 1974

The Annan Committee began work on its enquiry into the structure, funding, and future of British broadcasting.

10 October 1974: In the second general election of the year,...

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10 October 1974

In the second general election of the year, the Labour Party under Harold Wilson moved from being a minority government to holding a majority of three.

27 January 1979: A one-day strike by 1.5 million British public...

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27 January 1979

A one-day strike by 1.5 million British public sector workers ushered in a series of selective strikes which gave rise to the Shakespearean phrase winter of discontent.

3 October 1980: The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher's...

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3 October 1980

The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher 's recently-elected Conservative government came into effect, giving five million council house tenants in England and Wales the right to buy their homes from local authorities

March 1981: Breakaway Labour members of parliament—Roy...

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March 1981

Breakaway Labour members of parliament—Roy Jenkins , Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain ), David Owen , and William Rodgers —left the party to found the Social Democratic Party, or SDP .

November 1981: Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain)...

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November 1981

Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain ) became the first member of the Gang of Four, leaders of the newly-founded Social Democratic Party , to win a seat in Parliament : for Crosby, Lancashire.

9 June 1983: Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party,...

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9 June 1983

Michael Foot , leader of the Labour Party , signally failed in the general election to shake the reign of Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . He was soon afterwards replaced as party leader by Welshman Neil Kinnock .

9 April 1992: The general election returned the Conservative...

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9 April 1992

The general election returned the Conservative Party under its new leader, John Major , to power, to the surprise of pollsters who had predicted a Labour win.

6 February 1993: Emily's List (from the acronym Early Money...

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6 February 1993

Emily's List (from the acronym Early Money is Like Yeast as a rising agent) was founded in the UK as campaign to fund Labour women to run for parliament.

1 May 1997: In the general election Labour, under its...

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1 May 1997

In the general election Labour , under its new leader, the young Scotsman Tony Blair , at last dislodged the Conservative Party from government.

September 1997: Following an election pledge by the British...

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September 1997

Following an election pledge by the British Labour Party , a referendum was held in Wales on the issue of Devolution for that country (a transfer of certain powers from central government to a Welsh...

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