# Ramsay Macdonald

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Episode 14 - The Edge of Revolution: The General Strike that Shook Britain

In this episode of the We Can Work It Out podcast, Dr Jonathan Lord is joined by historian, journalist and political writer David Torrance to discuss his new book The Edge of Revolution: The General Strike that Shook Britain. Together, they explore one of the most dramatic moments in modern British…

Starmer Revisited – Where Did It All Go Wrong?

Welcome to a bonus episode of Origin Story. For the first time, we’re revisiting an earlier episode to ask what we got right and what we got wrong about the subject. Just before the July 2024 election we profiled Labour’s PM-in-waiting Keir Starmer and made some cautiously optimistic guesses as to …

84.2 Britains' First Labour Government 1923-24

The 1920s in Britain witnessed great social change. It was also a watershed in the political history of the country with the first Labour Government of 1923-1924 Picture: Ramsay MacDonald www.historyeurope.net www.patreon.com/historyeurope https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-history-of-europe-k…

THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: How the Fabian Society Built Britain and Why We Should Tear It Down

For 140 years, one organization has quietly supplied nearly every Labour Prime Minister in British history, founded the London School of Economics, written the blueprint for the NHS, and shaped governments across the world, all while using a wolf dressed as a sheep as its actual emblem. This is t…

Summer Book Club: Margaret Bondfield

In this episode of the Since Attlee & Churchill Summer Book Club, Lee and Richard are joined by Nan Sloane, author of 'Margaret Bondfield: The Life and Times of Britain’s First Female Cabinet Minister', to discuss the extraordinary life and career of one of the pioneers of the Labour movement. Bond…

Welcome to Downing St

Robert Walpole, first Lord of the Treasury, moved into 10 Downing Street on 22nd September, 1735, after three years of renovations. Although initially given to him as a personal gift from the King, the house became the official residence for all future Prime Ministers. Despite its central location…

'You pulled the bed away from the wall, and the bugs pulled it back.'

On the fourth of October 1936, a quarter of a million people took to the streets of East London to oppose an attempt by the British Fascist leader, Oswald Mosley, to march 5000 of his blackshirts through the predominantly Jewish Borough of Stepney. The planned fascist march, with its show of parami…

Coffee House Shots: is Keir Starmer a Tory?

Slashing the winter fuel allowance, maintaining the two child benefit cap, cutting international aid, cutting the civil service, axing NHS bureaucracy, possibly slashing welfare expenditure... you'd be forgiven for thinking the Conservatives were in power. But no, these are all policies pursued by …

Ramsay MacDonald – Britain's First Labour Prime Minister

In this episode of The British Prime Ministers Podcast, we explore the remarkable political journey of James Ramsay MacDonald, the man who broke the mould and became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister in 1924. Born into humble beginnings in Scotland, MacDonald rose through the political ranks to…