Men Who Made Labour

<p>Celebrating the centenary of the Parliamentary Labour Party this fascinating book commemorates the twenty-nine founding Labour MPs elected in 1906 including Labour’s first Prime Minister first Chancellor of the Exchequer first Minister of Labour and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.</p><p>With a foreword by Tony Blair <em>Men Who Made Labour</em> focuses on the pioneers’ origins expectations world vision and achievements in the context of early twentieth-century conditions when the prospect of any Labour government was still a distant dream.</p><p>Drawing upon a vast array of previously unpublished material and with obituaries primarily written by the twenty-first century successors to those original MPs the text provides a unique insight into how today’s politicians view their party’s past – ensuring that it is an excellent resource for all politics and modern history students as well as general readers with an interest in the area.</p>