Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953.
35, 38
Labour Party
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| politics | George Bernard Shaw | GBS
was a prominent intellectual, social critic, and public speaker. From the mid-1880s he was a dominant force in the socialist Fabian Society
, a champion of the Labour Party
, and a vocal supporter... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | |
| 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 | 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 | Evelyn Sharp | ES
joined the Labour Party
shortly after women won the vote. Sharp, Evelyn. Unfinished Adventure. John Lane, Bodley Head, 1933. 199 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | By 1936, the Committee advocated state-sponsored lunch programmes in schools, along with the provision of milk for pregnant women and for children under school age. ER
was joined in these efforts by the Fabian Barbara Drake |
| politics | Beatrice Webb | One result of the war was to reveal more clearly, to the Webbs as to others, just how unequal was British society. They became ready to advocate such equalizing measures as higher taxation for the... |
| 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, 1974. 17 |
| politics | Lady Margaret Sackville | UDC activities played an important role in the decline of the Liberal Party
and the rise of the Labour Party
: Joining the UDC became a sort of half-way house between leaving the Liberals and... |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | ER
was even-handed in her actions. During the same year she outspokenly criticised Labour
idol Aneurin Bevan
for what she regarded as a childish display of machismo in irrelevant point-scoring against Churchill
. She accused... |
| politics | Antonia Fraser | In December 1978 AF
voted Conservative, knowing little about Margaret Thatcher
but excited by the idea of a woman becoming Prime Minister for the first time. She later regretted it. In the 1980s she and... |
| 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, 1975. 1: 177-9 Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992. 364 |
| politics | Kate Parry Frye | The Frye family was actively political throughout KPF
's formative years, mostly on behalf of the Liberal Party
: her mother
expected Kate to attend the North Kensington Women's Liberal Association
meetings hosted in the... |
| politics | Harriet Shaw Weaver | HSW
was a member of the British Labour Party
. She volunteered as a clerk at her local party office in Marylebone, and participated in May Day demonstrations. Lidderdale, Jane, and Mary Nicholson. Dear Miss Weaver. Viking, 1970. 328, 366 |
Timeline
November 1967: The pound sterling was devalued, something...
National or international item
November 1967
The pound sterling was devalued, something which Harold Wilson
's Labour
government had been trying in vain to prevent.
Davies, Peter, MPhil. “Sterling and Strings”. London Review of Books, Vol.
30
, No. 22, 20 Nov. 2008, pp. 17-18. 17
19 June 1970: The day after a surprise Conservative victory...
National or international item
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
).
Butler, David E., and Jennie Freeman. British Political Facts, 1900-1960. Macmillan, 1963.
50
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
492, 430
Kidd, Colin. “Brown v. Salmond”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 6-8.
6
1971: In a crucial parliamentary vote on Britain's...
National or international item
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.
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
19
4 March 1974: Labour having come first past the post in...
National or international item
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.
Young, Toby. “What U.S. needs is a Queen”. Edmonton Journal, 1 Dec. 2000, p. A17.
A17
Spufford, Francis. “Love that Bird”. London Review of Books, 6 June 2002, pp. 28-33.
28
10 April 1974: The Annan Committee began work on its enquiry...
Building item
10 April 1974
The Annan Committee
began work on its enquiry into the structure, funding, and future of British broadcasting.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Annan
10 October 1974: In the second general election of the year,...
National or international item
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.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
Kidd, Colin. “Brown v. Salmond”. London Review of Books, 26 Apr. 2007, pp. 6-8.
6
27 January 1979: A one-day strike by 1.5 million British public...
National or international item
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.
Gamble, Sarah. Angela Carter. A Literary Life. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
163
3 October 1980: The Housing Act passed by Margaret Thatcher's...
Building item
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
Childs, Peter, and Mike Storry, editors. Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. Routledge, 1999.
261
March 1981: Breakaway Labour members of parliament—Roy...
National or international item
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
.
Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins, 2002.
572n59
Marquand, David. “Roy Jenkins”. Guardian Weekly, 9–15 Jan. 2003, p. 19.
19
November 1981: Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain)...
Women writers item
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.
Brakeman, Lynne, and Susan Gall, editors. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women’s History. Gale Research, 1997.
363
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
“Baroness Williams of Crosby (Shirley Williams)”. Liberal Democrats: People.
9 June 1983: Michael Foot, leader of the Labour Party,...
National or international item
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...
9 April 1992: The general election returned the Conservative...
National or international item
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.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
508
McKibbin, Ross. “The Luck of the Tories”. London Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2002, pp. 8-9.
8
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
6 February 1993: Emily's List (from the acronym Early Money...
National or international item
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.
Emily’s List UK. http://www.emilyslist.org.uk/.
1 May 1997: In the general election Labour, under its...
National or international item
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.
Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.
102
Gilmour, Ian. “Vote for the Beast!”. London Review of Books, 20 Oct. 2005, pp. 13-14.
13
September 1997: Following an election pledge by the British...
National or international item
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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