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| | Keir Hardie Summary |
 | | Keir Hardie was born on Aug. 15, 1856, at Legbrannock, Lanarkshire, the illegitimate son of Mary Keir, domestic, and William Aitken, miner. |
 | | Keir Hardie was born in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire in 1856, the illegitimate son of Mary Keir, a servant from Legbrannock, near Motherwell, Scotland. |
 | | Keir Hardie steered the Labour movement away from what he regarded as the damaging influence of Marxism, and towards a moderate, low church and trade unionist version of socialism that was practical, flexible and with time, helped create a socialist party that has been more electorally and politically successful than most socialist parties outside Scandinavia. |
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