Labour Party

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politics	Katharine Bruce Glasier	KBG was delighted to see the Labour Party come to power in the general election of 26 July 1945. This first majority Labour government in history was to succeed in establishing the first welfare state...
politics	Rebecca West	RW met Emma Goldman in London, and joined her in her campaign against Bolshevism and its support in the Labour Party in Britain. Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca West: A Saga of the Century. Hodder and Stoughton, 1995. 83
politics	J. K. Rowling	She is not slow to take a public political stance. To her 11 million followers on Twitter , she tweeted before the 2016 referendum on Britain's leaving or remaining within the European Union (Brexit) that...
politics	Isabella Ormston Ford	She used her position to advocate on behalf of women's suffrage, which she believed to be an integral part of socialism. She spoke to this effect on several occasions, including the annual conferences of the...
politics	Ethel Mannin	EM joined the Independent Labour Party (which had disaffiliated from the decreasingly radical Labour Party the previous summer); she soon began writing regularly for its paper, the New Leader. Croft, Andy. “Ethel Mannin: The Red Rose of Love and the Red Flower of Liberty”. Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers 1889-1939, edited by Angela Ingram and Daphne Patai, University of North Carolina Press, 1993, pp. 205-25. 212
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	Isabella Ormston Ford	When she was invited to stand as a Labour Party candidate in the 1918 general election, however, she declined, primarily on grounds of her advancing age. A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Europa, 2003.
politics	Eva Gore-Booth	The women formed this committee (a break-away group from the North of England Society for Women's Suffrage ) after backing Labour candidate David Shackleton in a by-election. In exchange for the support of EGB ...
politics	Elizabeth Taylor	Just after her mother's death and before her wedding, ET took the momentous step of joining the Communist Party . At this date she envisaged economic freedom as connected with freedom of speech, and with...
politics	Naomi Mitchison	NM attended the annual Labour Party Conference as delegate of the Argyll Constituency Party. Mitchison, Naomi. You May Well Ask: A Memoir 1920-1940. Gollancz, 1979. 204
politics	Phyllis Bentley	PB grew increasingly conservative, socially if not in party politics, as she grew older. She identified herself as a Liberal, and was uncomfortable about the Welfare State system launched while the Labour Party held power...
politics	Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda	The group's agenda was to obtain legislative improvements in child-assault laws, the position of unmarried mothers, equality of both parents in guardianship rights, equal pay for teachers, equal civic service opportunities for women and men...
politics	Isabella Ormston Ford	The establishment of the League, which was the first attempt to form a separate organization for women within the Labour Party , was met with mixed feelings by IOF , who always believed that men's...
politics	Graham Greene	GG joined the British Communist Party on a whim for a period of about a month in 1925, probably paying dues of a shilling or so for his brief membership. This was an aberration, since...
politics	Beatrice Webb	BW , with her husband , founded the Fabian Research Department (ancestor of the Labour Party 's department of the same name), and began chairing its many subcommittees. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. Radice, Lisanne. Beatrice and Sidney Webb: Fabian Socialists. St Martin’s Press, 1984. 196, 206

Timeline

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.

, No. 22, 20 Nov. 2008, pp. 17-18.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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 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 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.

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 , 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 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.

Schott, Ben. Schott’s Original Miscellany. Bloomsbury, 2002.

102

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 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.

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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Labour Party

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Timeline

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

November 1967

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

19 June 1970

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

1971

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

4 March 1974

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

10 April 1974

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

10 October 1974

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

27 January 1979

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

3 October 1980

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

March 1981

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

November 1981

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

9 June 1983

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

9 April 1992

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

6 February 1993

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

1 May 1997

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

September 1997

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