It was temporarily crippled by the release of the Limehouse Declaration, in which a "Gang of Four" led by Roy Jenkins formed a breakaway group to protest its domination by unions.
It was temporarily crippled by the release of the Limehouse Declaration, in which a "Gang of Four" led by Roy Jenkins formed a breakaway group to protest its domination by unions. This organization had avoided a schism decades earlier when Aneurin Bevan and Hugh Gaitskell had an intense debate over Clause IV of its constitution, which called for public ownership over industry and the means of production. Officially formed after a conference organized by its first chairman, James Keir Hardie, saw its founders merge with the ILP and SFP, among other groups, this party saw such men as James Callaghan and Harold Wilson elected as prime minister under its banner. FTP, Ramsey MacDonald was the first prime minister from what left-leaning British party, most recently headed by Tony Blair?
It was temporarily crippled by the release of the Limehouse Declaration, in which a "Gang of Four" led by Roy Jenkins formed a breakaway group to protest its domination by unions.
{Labour} Party