75 years ago today, on 23 July 1946, James Maxton died
He was Labour MP for Glasgow Bridgeton, which he had represented since 1922, and Leader of the Independent Labour Party 🌹✊
He was Labour MP for Glasgow Bridgeton, which he had represented since 1922, and Leader of the Independent Labour Party 🌹✊
Maxton was a conscientious objector to World War I, and as a member of the Clyde Workers' Committee organised strikes for better pay, while also supporting the Glasgow rent strikes🌹🕊️✊
In 1931 Maxton addressed the Durham Miners Gala, saying:
"Every man who is genuinely anxious for the welfare of the workers is impatiently waiting for a new social order where poverty, tyranny and degradation will be unknown."
"Every man who is genuinely anxious for the welfare of the workers is impatiently waiting for a new social order where poverty, tyranny and degradation will be unknown."
Like @DawnButlerBrent yesterday, James Maxton was once thrown out of the House of Commons chamber.
Maxton had described the Tories as "murderers"
In 1936, he proposed a "republican amendment" to the Abdication Bill. He argued that the monarchy had "outlived its usefulness"👑🚮
Maxton had described the Tories as "murderers"
In 1936, he proposed a "republican amendment" to the Abdication Bill. He argued that the monarchy had "outlived its usefulness"👑🚮
@DawnButlerBrent In 1986, 40 years after Maxton's death, future Labour Chancellor and Prime Minister @GordonBrown published a biography of James Maxton🌹
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