The LRC - AS British History OCR
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Creation of LRC
Trade unions
Angered by employers in economic climate in 1890
Trade unions decided direct political action was needed
At TUC conference - union put forward resoloution of securing a better representation of the interests of labour in the house of commons
Overwhelming majority carried resoloution
TUC invited SDF, Fabians & ILP to send candidates
ILP took lead
Hardie steered away from fierbrand politics of SDF (marxist & revoloutions)
Hardie stopped idea that once elected w/c mps should confine selves to labour issues…
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