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  Labour Party (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Labour Party's origins lie in the late 19th century, when it became apparent that there was an increasing need for a third party in Britain to represent the interests and needs of the large working-class population (for instance, the 1899 Lyons vs. Wilkins judgement that limited certain types of picketing).
British politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was divided between the perceived 'establishment', represented by the Conservative Party (nicknamed the Tories), and a more radical 'non-conformist' tradition, based around for example Welsh and North Midlands Methodism.
The ILP under James Maxton disaffiliated from the Labour Party in 1932, removing a substantial proportion of the left of the party from membership.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Labour_Party   (4616 words)

  
 Labour Party (UK) article - Labour Party (UK) left social democratic Britain British politics United Kingdom - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
British politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was divided between the perceived 'establishment', represented by the Conservative Party (nicknamed the Tories), and a more radical 'non-conformist' tradition, based around Welsh Methodism.
Labour's chances of electoral success were further damaged by the fact that the Thatcher government's popularity was on the rise after successfully guiding the country to victory in the Falklands War.
The Labour Party is a member of the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists (the social democrat bloc in the European Parliament).
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/British_Labour_Party   (2758 words)

  
 List of members of the British Labour Party - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Labour Members of the UK House of Commons
This list only applies up to the dissolution of Parliament for the 2005 General Election.
List of members of the British Labour Party, Links to other British Labour politicians, Labour Members of the UK House of Commons, Links to other British Labour politicians and Labour Members of the UK House of Commons.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_%28politician%29   (134 words)

  
 [A-List] UK state: Labour Party decline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Party membership was 405,238 in 1997 and 311,000 in 2000.
The party indicated its determination to press ahead with plans to expel George Galloway, MP for Glasgow Kelvin, in the face of opposition from several MPs and trade unionists.
Two members of the NEC, including Steve Pickering, deputy general secretary of the GMB union, said that the investigation into Mr Galloway was unfair.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-June/026467.html   (456 words)

  
 British Labour Party election manifesto, 1945
The Labour Party's programme is a practical expression of that spirit applied to the tasks of peace.
The Labour Party intends to keep going as much of the work of the Ministry of Food as will be useful in peace conditions, including the bulk purchase of food from abroad and a well organised system of distribution at home, with no vested interests imposing unnecessary costs.
The British Labour Movement comes to the tasks of international organisation with one great asset: it has a common bond with the working peoples of all countries, who have achieved a new dignity and influence through their long struggles against Nazi tyranny.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /area/uk/man/lab45.htm   (4605 words)

  
 Labour Party (UK) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics).
The Labour Party is a membership organization consisting of Constituency Labour Parties, affiliated trade unions and socialist societies, including the Co-operative Party, with which it has an electoral agreement.
In that sense it is not all that different from the reactions of other European parties of the left - such as the transformation of the Marxist PCI to the social democratic DS in Italy or the attempts of Gerhard Schröder to reform the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Labour_Party_(UK)   (4921 words)

  
 Labour Party (UK) - Biocrawler definition:Labour Party (UK) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The Labour Party is a a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdom's three main political parties.
It describes itself as a Social Democratic party and is a member of the Socialist International.
The party itself was rebranded New Labour (as opposed to the democratic socialist 'Old Labour') for the purpose of election campaigning, which critics on the left charged was a separate party.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Labour_Party_(UK)   (4015 words)

  
 Members of the Cabinet: The Labour Party: securing Britain's future
Members of the Cabinet: The Labour Party: securing Britain's future
The Cabinet is the group of senior government ministers who are responsible for implementing the government's manifesto pledges.
Cabinet ministers are appointed by the Prime Minister and chosen from Labour's MPs or peers.
www.labour.org.uk /membersofcabinet   (364 words)

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