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LABOUR PARTY - Coggle Diagram

- - - - TUs heavily challenged this and initiated strike action in attempt to secure greater pay
      - This was the major reason for a loss of confidence in Labour in 1979 general election
      - In order to deal with economic difficulties, Callaghan sought to make wage-cuts in the public sector
- - - - Lab. had impossible task to maintain balanced budget whilst supporting the poor
      - May Report 1931
        
        recommended public sector wage cuts
        
        Caused massive split in the party with Macdonald supporting cuts and senior ministers threatening to resign
        
        Led to formation of national government between Labour and Conservatives
        
        Which in turn led to expulsion of Ramsay MacDonald from the Labour Party
      - 3 million unemployed
- - - - 1900: 2 seats
      - 1918: 57 seats
    - - 1920: Communist Party of Great Britain Formed
        
        Gained traction with industries and TUs
        
        Failed to win more than 2 MPs
- - - - Ended party's commitment to mass nationalism
    - - Enshrining positive individual rights into EU law
    - - Privitisation
      - Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
      - War in Iraq