Origins: British Labour And Ireland
by Brendan Clifford
Article first published in the Irish Political Review, September 2015
Arthur Henderson addressing the special conference of the Labour Party in 1917 which resolved to send delegates to the International Socialist Conference in Stockholm
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Introduction - the difference between taking power in a state and creating a state from scratch
Necessary qualifications for government - (1) Support for the Empire and (2) Support for the War
The 1915 Coalition - The killing of James Connolly - The 1916 Coalition
The genius of Arthur Henderson - the end of the Unionist Party - Labour as a party of government