Labour Party

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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 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
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.
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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
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 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.
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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.
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Her thinking manifested itself in various ways. She was involved to varying degrees with a number of leftist associations: the Labour Party
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.
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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

October 1947: Stafford Cripps, recently appointed Minister...

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October 1947

Stafford Cripps , recently appointed Minister for Economic Affairs in the postwar Labour government, delivered the landmark Economic Survey for 1947. This government white paper set out the principles of democratic planning, reconciling...

31 May 1948: Labour member Florence Paton (1891-1976),...

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31 May 1948

Labour member Florence Paton (1891-1976), acting as temporary Chairman [sic] of Committees, became the first woman to preside over the House of Commons .

1 July 1948: The British Labour government's Town and...

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1 July 1948

The BritishLabour government's Town and Country Planning Act 1947, which introduced a system of planning for urban and industrial development, came into effect.

23 February 1950: The General Election brought 84 percent of...

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23 February 1950

The General Election brought 84 percent of the British electorate out to vote. The BBC aired the first televised report of results of this election.

8 March 1952: The British Labour Party discontinued its...

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8 March 1952

The British Labour Party discontinued its endorsement of International Women's Day, because of the then close ties of the festival with the Communist Party .
Barclay, Katie. “Women’s History Month: International Women’s Day!”. Women’s History Network Blog.

Autumn 1952: The annual conference of the Labour Party...

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Autumn 1952

The annual conference of the Labour Party (now out of office) confirmed its commitment to comprehensive education (i.e. nonselective schools at secondary level).

3 October 1952: The UK exploded its first atom bomb, off...

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3 October 1952

The UK exploded its first atom bomb, off the Monte Bello Islands, Western Australia.

8 January 1954: The Labour Party revised its Challenge to...

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8 January 1954

The Labour Party revised its Challenge to Britain manifesto to state that equal pay legislation would be implemented under its government.

3 July 1956: Bessie Braddock, for many years Labour MP...

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3 July 1956

Bessie Braddock , for many years Labour MP for the inner-city seat of Liverpool Exchange, made one of her grabs for the limelight by firing unloaded air-rifles on the floor of the House of Commons .

15 May 1957: The Conservative government went ahead with...

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15 May 1957

The Conservative government went ahead with the explosion (over Christmas Island in the Central Pacific) of Britain's first thermonuclear bomb.

4 October 1957: At the Labour Party conference at Brighton...

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4 October 1957

At the Labour Party conference at Brighton Aneurin Bevan revealed that the party's executive committee was against the policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament.

November 1959: At the Labour Party conference in the wake...

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November 1959

At the Labour Party conference in the wake of Conservative electoral victory, leader Hugh Gaitskell proposed repealing Clause 4 of the party's constitution, the clause that set the goal of common ownership of the means...

1961: The Electrical Trades Union was expelled...

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1961

The Electrical Trades Union was expelled from the both the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Labour Party amid allegations of malpractice and ballot-rigging on the part of its Communist leadership.

15 October 1964: The Labour Party came to precarious power...

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15 October 1964

The Labour Party came to precarious power in the general election by a majority of four seats; next day Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.

31 March 1966: In the general election the Labour Party...

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31 March 1966

In the general election the Labour Party under Harold Wilson increased its majority from four to nearly a hundred.

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