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Liberals Must Make a Decision “Cannot Win An Election”

... difficulties. If the Socialists had had a strong majority such extremists as Mr. Bevan could have used the opportunity to impose upon the country more extreme Socialist measures. With a small majority that would not be possible angd the Socialists were about to ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 722 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SOCIALISTS HOLD SOWERBY WITH INCREASED MAJORITY

... SOCIALISTS HOLD SOWERBY WITH INCREASED MAJORITY SOWERBY s still represented by the Labour Party in the new House of Commons, which assembled this week. Mr. Douglas Houghton, winner of the by-election last year, held the seat with a majority of 3,665 over ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 359 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PRINCIPLE AND NOTY EXPEDIENLY

... he appealed to the members to put in the forefront of their thoughts and in their propaganda the essential faith of the Socialists, which was one of principle and not of expediency. The essence of their creed was spiritual and not material because they ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 278 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

—DOUGLAS HOUGHTON, M.P

... inspire enthusiasm. Surely the Labour Party had a faith and an idealism. He thought niany of the young Socialists were not acquainted with Socialist aims and ideals and he would be pleased to lend the essays of the Fabian Society, written fifty years ago ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 733 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

RECRIMINATIONS BY CONSERVATIVES

... likelihood of the Conservative party gaining the necessary proportion of the Liberal vote throughout the country for its anti-Socialist front to succeed. “We are confident that the Liberal party will fight on in the interests of the millions who supported it ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 501 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

“IN HIGH HEART”

... not have done better. SOCIALIST OR ANTI-SOCIALIST Mr, Bryan went on to point out that there was now no further need for speculating about thé voting. It was evident that except on a floodtide, like the 1931 election, the Socialists could not be beaten in ...

Published: Friday 03 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 301 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Further Nationalisation Against Public Opinion

... election, the Socialist leaders purposely kept the issue of Socialism in the background as much as possible, Yet, whatever shifts or compromises they may be forced to adopt in the coming weeks and months, the establishment of the Socialist State remains ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

FIGHT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NECESSARY

... with the Socialist cause, “Every improvement has been wrenched from the possessing classes and any reforms that are recorded have come through the pressure and sturdy loyalty and persistence of these thinkers — the Chartist, the Christian Socialists, and ...

Published: Friday 17 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 517 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

25 YEARS AGO FROM OUR FILES FOR 1925

... —In the past Socialists have, in the main. been allowed to preach their doctrines unchallenged, at any rate locally, but at last leading members of the Liberal Party seem to have boldly taken up the challenge and are meeting the Socialists on their own ...

Published: Friday 17 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 465 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Heptonstall Road, HEBDEN BRIDGE

... Full Walsden committee the other day by | Size B i = . L Y o 2 | Size edstead, Spring Mattress and saying ‘Fifty years of Socialist|Overlay, Painted Tall Chest, Bedpropaganda has been discredited room Chairs, 3ft. Oak Combination by five years practical ...

Published: Friday 17 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1292 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Sowerby M.P. Explains

... Sowerby M.P. Explains Rumours that Mr. Douglas Houghton, Socialist M.P. for Sowerby, is facing the choice of resigning from the House or relinquishing his post as Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation are, at the least, premature. ~ Mr. Houghton ...

Published: Friday 24 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 114 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE DANGER OF COMMUNISM Threat to Democratic ‘ Liberty

... they had a period of economic insecurity. They were going through a political metamorphosis. He knew it was quite true that Socialists, Liberals and Tories were democratic in outlook, but there was growing up in the world at the present time a new political ...

Published: Friday 31 March 1950
Newspaper: Todmorden & District News
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 537 | Page: 7 | Tags: none