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The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain''s First Labour Government

English

By (author): David Torrance

A century ago a Labour government took power for the first time, meet the Wild Men who led the way...

'Superb' -- New Statesman 'Fascinating' -- The Sunday Times.


In 1923, five short years since the end of the First World War, and after the passing of the Act which gave all men the vote, an inconclusive election result and the prospect of a constitutional crisis opened the door for a radically different sort of government: men from working-class backgrounds who had never before occupied the corridors of power at Westminster. Who were these wild men? Ramsay MacDonald, their leader and Labours first Prime Minster, was the illegitimate son of a Scottish farm labourer; Arthur Henderson was a Scottish iron moulder; J. H. Thomas, a Welsh railwayman; John Wheatley, an Irish-born miner and publican; and William Adamson, a Fife coal miner. Never before had men from such backgrounds occupied the corridors of power in Westminster.

The Wild Men tells the story of that first Labour administration its unexpected birth, fraught existence, and controversial downfall through the eyes of those who found themselves in the House of Commons, running the country for the people. Blending biography and history into a compelling narrative, David Torrance reassesses the UKs first Labour government a century after it shook up a British establishment still reeling from the War and how the establishment eventually fought back.

This is an extraordinary period in British political history which echoes down the years to our current politics and laid the foundations for the Britain of today.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jan 2025
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781399411479

About David Torrance

David Torrance is a constitutional specialist at the House of Commons Library and a widely published historian of Scottish and UK politics. He has written unauthorised biographies of SNP politicians Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon as well as the biography of David Steel.

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