CLYDESIDE GROUP
REBELLIOUS LEFT WING
COMPLAINTS DEFIED
LONDON, 2nd December. lor some days there have been rumours of trouble between official Labourites and five rebel Clydeside members of the House of Commons. The matter was discussed at a Labour demonstration at Glasgow Sunday evening, when Mr. Maxton and the other members concerned attended. Mr. Maxton's speech showed the rumours were trustworthy. He said the crime the Clydesiders were committing was in voicing too strongly the crying needs of the people. "We have refrained from speaking with freedom thus far out of loyalty to the Government, but the position will be humorous if Messrs. Wheatley, Maxton, Kirkwood, Stephen, and Buchanan are expelled by the votes of Lord Parmoor and Commander Kenworthy. ' > Mr. Maxton added that he had been asked by leaders o. the party not only to stop further talk of this description, but to offer a public apology on behalf of the Clydeside group. "If I ni ake a chosce be . tween supporting the Cabinet and the unemployed, I am standing by the unemployed. ''
A meeting at Dumbarton, at which Mr. Kirkwood attended, unanimously passed a vote of confidence in Mr Kirkwood, despite a letter from the .National Labour Party complaining of a speech made by Mr. Kirkwood on 16th November.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 134, 3 December 1929, Page 11
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211CLYDESIDE GROUP Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 134, 3 December 1929, Page 11
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