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Page 88
... 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 policy . It was and is primarily a ...
... 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 policy . It was and is primarily a ...
Page 89
... Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms of an old - fashioned anti - imperialism and more or ...
... Party repre- sented , depended indirectly on the sweating of Indian coolies . At the same time the Labour Party was a Socialist party , using Socialist phraseology , thinking in terms of an old - fashioned anti - imperialism and more or ...
Page 90
... Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the Empire together ...
... Party's history and background made this impossible . It was a party of the Trade Unions , hopelessly parochial in outlook , with little interest in imperial affairs and no contacts among the men who actually held the Empire together ...
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