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Sites relating to the history of Labour.

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• Atlee, Clement
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• Bevan, Aneurin Nye
• Blair, Tony
• Blunkett, David
• Brown, Gordon
• Callaghan, James
• Campbell, Alastair
• Cox, Jo
• Dunwoody, Gwyneth
• Foot, Michael
• Gaitskell, Hugh
• Hardie, Keir
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• MacDonald, James Ramsay
• Milburn, Alan
• Miliband, David
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• Wilson, Harold
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Resources in This Category

• BBC NEWS Labour's PMs of the past

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3107623.stm
  BBC News Online looks at the life and times of Labour past prime ministers.

• Ernest Bevin (1881-1951)

  http://spartacus-educational.com/TUbevin.htm
  Information about Clement Atlee's Foreign Secretary.

• Guardian: In an ideal world

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jan/06/comment.thinktanks
  As the Fabian Society marks its birthday, Sunder Katwala celebrates 120 years of practical utopianism. Published in the Guardian.

• History of the British Labour Party

  http://labhist.tripod.com/
  This site briefly documents the Labour Party's history and includes some profiles of the leaders.

• How the Labour Party was formed

  http://www.socialismtoday.org/45/labour.html
  A Marxist view on the origins of the Labour Party and its early history from the magazine Socialism Today.

• Jones, Lynne

  http://www.lynnejones.org.uk/
  Former Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham, Selly Oak. Biography, blog, archive of parliamentary work from 1998 to 2010, and contacts.

• Labour Heritage

  http://www.labour-heritage.com/
  Site detailing the activities of an organisation promoting an interest in the British Labour Movement.

• Marsden, Paul

  http://paulmarsdenmp.yolasite.com/
  Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury & Atcham between 1997 and 2005. Biography includes his rebellions against the part whip, crossing the floor of the House of Commons twice.

• Richard Stafford Cripps (1889-1952)

  http://spartacus-educational.com/TUcripps.htm
  Biographical information about the founder of Tribune and post-war Labour minister.

• Wikipedia: History of the Labour Party (UK)

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK)
  Article on the rise in Britain, of socialism, growth of the trade union representation, through Ramsay MacDonald's government in 1924, wartime coalition, Attlee's 1945 establishment of the NHS, to the 2010s. Includes reference and links to related articles.

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