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Amid shouts and hubbub fiery Laborite James Maxton was seen to threaten with his doubled fist equally fiery Conservative Winston Churchill...
...Arriving late he could not even find a place in the back benches, had to squeeze in uncomfortably on the steps in the aisle. Finally some M. P.'s moved over, allowing arch-Conservative Churchill to squeeze into the seat occupied in the last session by bobbed-haired James Maxton, Labor's most fiery Left winger...
...Most radical wing of the Labor Party, led by M. P.'s James Maxton and David Kirkwood...
...budget being too precariously balanced to meet this extra charge, the MacDonald Government tried to pigeonhole the bill, was suddenly knifed in the back by radical Laborite James Maxton (sworn foe of his Chief) who moved for im mediate action, hoping that the House would vote the pensions against Government protest, thus unseating the Cabinet. Dopesters declared that Scot MacDonald was saved from being ousted as Prime Minister solely by the striking of the hour agreed for adjournment...
Yellow Flag. Hottest criticism of the speech from the Throne came from sallow, fiery Laborite left winger James Maxton, M.P. He flayed the speech as not Socialist, accused Scot MacDonald of "running up the yellow flag of Liberalism." But a Maxton motion that the House "humbly regrets" the non-Socialist character of the Royal speech was defeated by 156 votes...