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In England there is only one Socialist party that has ever seriously mattered , the
Labour Party . It has never been able to achieve any major change , because
except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely
independent ...
In England there is only one Socialist party that has ever seriously mattered , the
Labour Party . It has never been able to achieve any major change , because
except in purely domestic matters it has never possessed a genuinely
independent ...
Page 69
To a Labour Government in power , three imperial policies would have been
open . One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before , which
meant dropping all pretensions to Socialism . Another was to set the subject
peoples ...
To a Labour Government in power , three imperial policies would have been
open . One was to continue administering the Empire exactly as before , which
meant dropping all pretensions to Socialism . Another was to set the subject
peoples ...
Page 70
The Labour leaders never found a solution , and from 1935 onwards it was very
doubtful whether they had any wish to take office . They had degenerated into a
Permanent Opposition . Outside the Labour Party there existed several extremist
...
The Labour leaders never found a solution , and from 1935 onwards it was very
doubtful whether they had any wish to take office . They had degenerated into a
Permanent Opposition . Outside the Labour Party there existed several extremist
...
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