#OnThisDay in 1922 #RamsayMacDonald becomes #Labour leader.

From 1931 it looked as though Britain’s first Labour prime minister would be its last...

🔓 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟕 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬
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From 1931 it looked as though Britain’s first #Labour prime minister would be its last. Is it time to reappraise the political reputation of #RamsayMacDonald?

⌛ 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞
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Do not forget that #PoliticalParties under #capitalism always betray the workers. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1924, ~200,000 British dockworkers went on #strike, and the #Labour party under #RamsayMacDonald invoked Emergency Powers to suppress it. They failed and workers got a raise.

Just some of the monographs consulted for my "stupendously well-researched" (West Highland Free Press) book, An Odious Campaign, available now from @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social

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Ramsay MacDonald: From First Labour PM to Party Split

Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister in Britain. He started the Labour Party but later made a choice that broke the party apart. This is his story.

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In 1921, #RamsayMacDonald defeated #JRClynes the incumbent leader in a #LabourLeadershipElection, the only time a sitting #LabourLeader has ever been removed that way, in 1914 Ramsay MacDonald opposed #LabourNEC policy to enter #WWI and resigned as leader.

In fact #LabourParty rarely removes it's leader, the last time was when the #LabourNEC expelled #RamsayMacDonald for forming the #NationalGovernment in 1931 against their agreed position, #GeorgeLansbury resigned in 1935 because he opposed NEC policy on rearmament.

🗓 1929–1935
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)

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🗓 1924
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)

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🗓 1929–1935
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)

#RamsayMacDonald
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🗓 1924
Ramsay MacDonald
British prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 (1866–1937)

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