First Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Great Lives
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The Great Life of Mister Mac Donald
He was always astonishingly good looking and very clate. He rapidly learned, i believe, how to debate. And on top of that, he could make a crowd weep and cheer. When was he first elected? Afirst elected in 19 hundred n six for leicester. So he did have acan precocious ascent of the political ladder. But this is another place where we can make a claim for him as a great life. By taking a position on the first world war that was contrary to the position that many labour people, many labour supporters, took. His big thing was that he believed that this had been secret diplomacy that had dragged this country into war. The ultimate ignom
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