The ILP & Kier Hardie - As British history OCR Spec B

ILP (Independent Labour Party 1893)
  Founder James Kier Hardie

Based on
   Radical Liberalism - found traditional liberal party too conservative & capitalist based
   Trade unionism - becoming poitical
    Nonconformity - chrisitanity was linking with politics & Kier Hardie was a onconformist

• Formed as national organisation out of labour groups
• 1894 - James Ramsay MacDonald joined - went on to become first labou prime minister
• Strenght of ILP limited
• Peak…