Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 11th November 2024

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: University of Gloucestershire, Oxstalls Campus, Gloucester GL2 9HW and online via Zoom

Description: The first Labour Government was a minority Labour Government which gained power as a result of the unstable state of British politics in 1923 and 1924. It was a moderate government which was unable to implement many of the socialist policies it offered. It was a minority government, supported by the Liberal Party, and its fate was sealed when the issue of the Soviet Treaties and the bungled arrest and release of J. R. Campbell, editor of the Communist Workers’ Weekly drove Asquith and Lloyd George to abandon it. The publication of the Zinoviev Letter, the Red Letter Scare, suggesting that the Communists were using the Labour Party/ Government to get power was, perhaps, a contributory factor in its fall. Nevertheless, its very existence proved to have a vital impact upon the future of British politics.

How to book: To book for online Zoom event - https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/historical-association-gloucestershire-branch/t-vvokdkn

Price: Free for members and students, £4 for guests

Tel: 01242574889

Email: histassocglos@gmail.com

Organiser: Andrea Robertson

Lecturer: Professor Keith Laybourn, Diamond Jubilee Professor Emeritus, University of Huddersfield

Region: West Midlands

Branch: Gloucestershire