Origins of the Labour Party
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- The origins/ development of the Labour party
- Origins of the party and ideological roots
- Chartist movement of 1830-40's demanded political representing
- More worker power, remove social/econ inequality. Socialism - Karl Marx
- Progress and poverty 1879 spread socialist ideals, SDF 1884. Middle class mostly
- Keir Hardie hoped for alliance between societies and unions for a political party,
- Socialism only, not Labour party. SDF distrusted ILP 1899 no electoral success
- Growth of Labour Party
- 1890's - more employer's federations
- More machinery, less demand for labour
- More ILP members in local councils Keir Hardie spent £300, Merthyr Tydfil campaign
- TUC had £3m, ideas raised about investing in ILP for MPs
- London meeting 1900, socialist groups/TU's created LRC
- Ramsay MacDonald secretary, achieved little at first
- Taff Vale 1901 strikes impossible needed law change
- 1901-3 853,000 to LRC, £5,000 fund, TU member fee, MP salaries
- Joined Libs, Boer War, Libs did not want to split anti-Con vote like in 1901 by election. 1903 LibLab pact. 30 Labs in 1906, adopted name of 'the Labour Party'
- Extent of success
- LibLab MP Local Government Board President
- Osbourne judgment 1909, no TU funding 78 to 56 candidates 1910. Less influence, had to wait until 1913
- Libs reversed Taff Vale, Trade Disputes Act
- MacDonald unemployed bill ignored
- Reform & oppose Lords only
- Less wages, more militant TUs (Triple Alliance transport strike)
- Miner's union Lib to Lab 1909, 90 seats, but many hated Lib alliance
- Less wages, more militant TUs (Triple Alliance transport strike)
- Reform & oppose Lords only
- MacDonald unemployed bill ignored
- LibLab MP Local Government Board President
- Origins of the party and ideological roots
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