1924 MacDonald Labour

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Cards (4)

  • Working-class Housing Act 1924

    Wheatley raised the subsidy to £9 per year for 40 years and the amendment that these houses had to be affordably rented rather than sold.
  • Ramsay McDonald was viewed as a class traitor by the labour party as he wasn't acting in a traditional working-class manner. He was a realist and believed that in order to progress politically, the labour party needed to prove it was capable. He didn't like to delegate responsibility, especially in foreign affairs.
  • The Campbell Case: Campbell encouraged soldiers not to open fire on workers and people saw this as a revolution. Labour withdrew the prosecution and there was a vote for an enquiry which McDonald saw as a direct challenge to his government.
  • The Zinoviev Letter Crisis: Chief of Comintern provided the British Communist Party with money and this letter encouraged members to infiltrate the labour party in order to bring down the state and this forgery was damaging to Labour's image. It didn't help that the party loaned the Soviet Union £30 million in return for compensation for British Assets.