Keir Hardie
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- Created on: 07-04-15 08:36
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- Keir Hardie
- Background
- Born in 1856 in Lanarkshire - lived in grinding poverty
- At the age of 11 he begun working 12 hour shifts at Lanarkshire Coalfields
- Never went to school but taught himself how to read and write
- In Parliament
- Elected as Labours leader in 1906 but resigned in 1908
- Created public scandals and was more interested in publicity than success
- Campaigned FOR female suffrage as he thought this was a 'stepping stone to universal suffrage'
- War
- Campaigned for a European General Strike if war was declared
- Backfired as he was howled down in his own constituency
- The strain was too much and he died in 1915
- Campaigned for a European General Strike if war was declared
- Liberals
- Referred to Lib-Labs as 'dumb dogs that dare not bark'
- Hardie looked towards the Liberals for political representation
- Background
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