1983
DOI: 10.1017/s0018246x00012759
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Labour in Scotland during the Second World War

Abstract: The 1930s, a decade Labour in Scotland could have done without, ended appropriately. On Sunday, 3 September 1939, hours before war was declared, police closed down a Labour party meeting on Glasgow Green. The Glasgow left-wing weekly Forward, reporting this, concluded gloomily: ‘It is doubtful whether any other meeting will be allowed during the war period.’ Labour’s fortunes in 1939 were mixed, and it did not regard the imminent prospect of an election with enthusiasm. In Scotland it had recovered from the na… Show more

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“…The views of the commission were then highly influential on political thinking on the left (Cheyne, 1993, p. 185; Forrester, 1993, p. 232; Harvie, 1983, p. 939; Smith, 1987, p. 373).…”
Section: Social Trust Religion and The Welfare Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The views of the commission were then highly influential on political thinking on the left (Cheyne, 1993, p. 185; Forrester, 1993, p. 232; Harvie, 1983, p. 939; Smith, 1987, p. 373).…”
Section: Social Trust Religion and The Welfare Statementioning
confidence: 99%
“…McNeil was an unusually high-quality candidate; the Labour intake after the war was characterized by older figures who had 'served their time' in the trades union movement or in local government. 95 His death in 1955 was a significant blow for Labour's attempts to present a modern image in Scotland.…”
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confidence: 99%