"Keir Hardie created the British Labour Party and determined its character β an alliance between trade unions and political radicals, with a leaven of well-meaning careerists... His socialism derived more from Carlyle and Ruskin than from Marx."
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Members of the Parliament of the United KingdomDemocratic socialistsPoliticians from ScotlandChristian socialistsLabor leaders
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A. J. P. Taylor, 'Labour's Moses', The Observer (23 March 1975), p. 30
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Keir Hardie
James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 β 26 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908.
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