Labour Party
Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Dec 1906
Letter from W H Wainwright (Gore Lodge, Gorton, [Manchester]) to WSC discussing the result of the election in Huddersfield [Yorkshire] and reporting that Canon Tynan, secretary of the Roman Catholic Education Association, believed that Catholics would work against Liberal and Labour candidates. Also reports the widespread belief that WSC's speech swayed many voters to the Liberal side.
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1907
(Untitled), 13 Jun 1904
Letter from Herbert Vivian (Blenheim Club, 12 St James's Square, [London]) to WSC asking him to fix a date for a meeting at Deptford and reporting that the Labour people there are angry at Vivian's adoption by the Liberals. Annotated in shorthand.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1904
Letter from John Penny (Netherthong, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC rejecting WSC's views on the different approaches of French and German socialists and his contention that the British Labour Party should ally itself with the Liberals. Cites illustrations of the Liberals' lack of a unifying principle and examples of their political incapacity. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1924
Letter from N Gwynne Trew (The Spies Petroleum Company Ltd, 62 London Wall, London) to WSC (Chartwell) enclosing CHAR 2/135/12-13 and CHAR 2/125/14-19 as showing the attitude which the Labour Party are likely to take up in the debate in the House of Commons on the Anglo-Russian treaty.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 23 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1924
(Untitled), 27 Oct 1924
Circular letter from Robert Solomon, the Liberal candidate for the Mile End Division [London] (198 Mile End Road, [London]) claiming that the Socialists are the puppets of those who wish to make a revolution and that only a vote for him, rather than for the Conservative candidate [Lieutenant-Colonel John Dodge], will defeat them. Sent with CHAR 2/136/19-20. Annotated by Dodge denying the statement that he (Dodge) had admitted that he had no chance.
(Untitled), 26 Sep 1924 - 12 Dec 1924
Letters, dated 26 Sep and 31 Oct, from J A Beamont, hatter and hosier (245 Battersea Park Road, [London]) to WSC declaring his belief in a conspiracy to undermine the Empire, accusing the Labour Government of being the tools of the conspirators, and commenting on the results of the general election with reference to the need for unity in facing this danger. With annotations by Beamont, 12 Dec. Sent with CHAR 2/136/101.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1924
(Untitled), 22 Jan 1924
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Robinson (The Homestead, Neeld Crescent, Hendon [Middlesex]) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/137/6-8, arguing that WSC's warning about the Liberals supporting a Socialist government was a few days too late, declaring himself a Liberal Unionist and predicting that the country may wish for Protection in four years time.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from Sir Frederick Milner (Taplow Lodge, Maidenhead, [Berkshire]) to WSC arguing that if the House voted no confidence in the Labour Government all the King could do would be to ask Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]to form a government, but Asquith has "queered his pitch" by putting the Labour Government in. Reports that he (Milner) is "a sorry cripple" and is very deaf, and expresses the wish that Lord Randolph Churchill was still alive.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1924]
Letter from Mrs J Vince (Wickhambrooke, Suffolk) to WSC urging him to "put your foot down ones [sic] for all and whip all the Labour Members right out" and denying that there is any need for a third party.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1924
Letter from Brigadier-General Edward D'Ewes Coke (Eton End, Datchet, Buckinghamshire) to WSC asserting that "the decent elements in England" should express their determination that the Socialists should not govern until they can command a real majority of votes, otherwise Britain may go the way of Russia in succumbing to revolutionaries. Thanks WSC for his "warning" in his letter published in that day's "Times" [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address tothe Crown].
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1924
Letter from Annie R Sprake (8 Ranger Mansions, Upper Norwood, [London]) to WSC describing how her involvement in local political activity has led her to believe that Socialists are unfit to govern.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from A C Kean (Lavant, Friern Barnet Road, London) to WSC accusing him, along with the rest of his class, of lacking real political vision and denying WSC's claim that the installation of a Labour government will be disastrous. Argues that the Labour Party would not have emerged had the Conservatives not diluted the Liberals' reforming measures and predicts that the Conservative party will soon disappear. Pleads for equality of opportunity.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1924
Letter from A J Pope (171 Great Britain Street, Dublin, [Ireland]) to WSC hoping that he will be able to advise some of the Liberals "to think of our King, our Country and Empire, before they vote for the "Reds" and "wait and see".".
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1924
Letter from "some women" (Edinburgh, [Scotland]) criticising Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] for putting the Socialists into power and denying that the Socialists represent Labour.
(Untitled), 19 Jan [1924]
Letter from H R Colbeck, "just a plain retired City man" (33 Walpole Road, Bournemouth, [Hampshire]) to [WSC] approving his letter in the previous day's "Times" [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address to the Crown], dismissing the idea of giving the Labour Party "fair play" and predicting that Socialism will have to be fought.
(Untitled), [18] [Jan] [1924]
Letter from H T Pearson to [WSC] congratulating him on his published letter [advocating the passage of an anti-Socialist address to the Crown], criticising the Liberals for placing the Socialists in power, having gained the votes of the "poor struggling business man" and regretting that WSC was not returned for West Leicester.
(Untitled), 19 Jul 1922
(Untitled), 30 Dec 1921
Letter from William Hill (Dorland House, 16 Regent Street, London) to WSC enclosing a copy of his reply to an invitation to attend a National Liberal Club meeting to celebrate the Irish settlement [see CHAR 2/118/104-114], describing his scheme for the formation of a chartered company for the economic development of Greece and warning that in the event of a general election high taxes and unemployment may benefit the Labour Party.