George Lansbury

And her father or grandfather was...

George Lansbury.

George Lansbury.

He'd been in a post-war cabinet.

They later... hadn't done their research and they they were just so embarrassed because they made her a great lady a great she was a great labor loving

i know i know it was wonderful george uh lanbury uh led the popular um strike uh but the local authority refused to increase rents uh some of them went to prison i don't know if george lansbury did and i gave a george lansbury lecture some time ago i can't remember that must

have been thrilling i'm sorry i missed that kevin

I can send you.

And the pledge was, quote, I renounce war and I will never support or sanction another.

The president of this was George Lansbury, who was the leader of the Labour Party, who had to resign in 1935 for his pacifism.

And that's what led to Clement Attlee becoming the leader of the Labour Party in 1935.

As the clouds over Europe darkened, SOPA remained adamant that their response to Germany and Italy rearming was futile.

The meeting clashes with a great peace rally in Dorchester, and the rival speakers included some of the top names of the era in terms of politics.

So George Lansbury and Lawrence Houseman and Dick Shepard.

Her role changes a little bit in 1936, though, too, within the party.

So she's appointed the women's administrative officer for the southern region.

And so it was clear that there was going to be some kind of mobilisation against Moseley and the Blackshirts.

But it was no thanks to the political establishment, progressive establishment, George Lansbury, who had been the leader of the Labour Party until one year before, wrote in the Daily Herald newspaper, and the Daily Herald was regarded as a pro-Labour workers' newspaper, he wrote on 1 October, three days before the march, What I want is to maintain peace and order and I advise people who are opposed to fascism to keep away from the demonstration.

And the current Labour Party leadership told party members not to have a bar of the protest.

Instead, the Labour MPs supported the Conservative government in introducing a piece of legislation, the 1936 Public Order Act.