THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
complete break
Saying that he can no longer live witii his family, father has left home. Ibis is a parallel in private life to the secession of Mr Ramsay MacDonald from the. independent Labour Party. —r' MacDonald probably had a larger share than any other man in the foundation and 'development of the party years ago; lie was president for a period ; and he is the most widely known of its members, The purpose of this party was to bring about Socialism Tiy insistent intellectual propaganda. It was a party of intellectuals rather than of ordinary wage-earners. . Its membership has always been but a fraction of that of the Labour Party proper, which is founded on the trade unions, hut its influence has been disproportionate to its numbers. The I.L.P. has considered itself the spearhead of ideas in the Labour movement. but while it . has always been more advanced than the main body of the movement it has also been moic doctrinaire. >
—Auckland Star,
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1930, Page 4
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168THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1930, Page 4
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