Word: keir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fact that puzzles or annoys many a Marxist: that British Socialists seem to get more inspiration from the New Testament than from Das Kapital. The founder of Britain's Labor Party, the late Keir Hardie, was a serious Christian who denounced class warfare. Last week, 77 Labor members of Parliament proved that Hardie's tradition is still very much alive. Calling themselves the "Parliamentary Socialist Christian Group," the 77 published a plain-speaking pamphlet. Its theme: Christians should be in politics, and Labor should be their party...
...Resentment. To Mrs. Cazalet Keir's support swept most of the House of Commons' fourteen women members...
First to enter was Mrs. Cazalet Keir. In trembling, embarrassed voice, before the clerk's table, she read: "The Ayes are 117, the Noes...
...after the Government's defeat he stomped into the House, demanded a general vote of confidence. He would not leave Mrs. Cazalet Keir's amendment on the books; members would have to forego pride and reverse themselves if they wanted him to stay in office. Harshly he spoke: "At this very serious time in the progress of the war, there must be no doubt or question of the support the Government enjoys...
...reckoning between Government and country. Many an M.P. felt as Conservative Beverley Baxter felt: "People have said the House consists of a lot of rubber stamps. The Government is saying to the public, 'and we will prove it,' and that is unworthy." Slim, subdued Mrs. Cazalet Keir, who never dreamt of causing such commotion, was not dismayed. She had given her vote for confidence, was glad the Prime Minister was strengthened for "the stupendous days ahead," believed equal pay would...