Ramsay MacDonald , the first Labour PM, came from a working class family and grew up in Lossiemouth. He worked as a teacher at the local board school he attended, and at 18 moved to Bristol as a clergymans assistant, where he joined the Social Democratic Federation. MacDonald was employed as a Liberal candidate's assistant in London for three years, and joined the Independent Labour Party in 1893. number-10.gov.uk
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Biography of James Ramsay MacDonald 1924-7; 1929-35; Labour b. 12/10/1866; d. 9/11/1937 "We hear war called murder. It is not; it is suicide." MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister. He came from a working class family and grew up in pm.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp
The only candidate who comes even close is Ramsay MacDonald, prime minister during the second Labour government, who broke with Labour to lead a National Government, in the `Great Betrayal' of 1931. pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr203/mcdonald.htm
Biography of James Ramsay MacDonald 1924-7; 1929-35; Labour b. 12/10/1866; d. 9/11/1937 "We hear war called murder. It is not; it is suicide." MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister. He came from a working class family and grew up in www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page136.asp
However, he was better suited to film than the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, who always looked uncomfortable in the glare of the camera. www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page11749.asp
However, he was better suited to film than the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, who always looked uncomfortable in the glare of the camera. www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11749.asp
