Labour

The radical life of Barbara Castle, born on this day in 1910... On this day, the 6th of October, 1910, Barbara Anne Betts was born in Chesterfield. It was the year of the on suffragettes in Westminster.

He's a legendary figure in Labour politics - but who exactly was Dennis Skinner? When the Labour Party was founded, all of its MPs were workers, and most of them were miners. By 1970, however, the face of the Labour Party changed dramatically.

Born on this day in 1913, Michael Foot took the Labour Party back to its ideological roots The Labour Party has changed a lot since its .

Born on this day in 1844, Charlotte Despard was a radical on many different fronts From childhood, Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) rebelled against convention and authority, running away from governesses and causing real mischief.

was the Minister for Health in post-war government and was responsible for the establishment of the NHS. The son of a coal miner, Bevan consistently defended social justice and the rights of working people.

- who brought the NHS into existence 70 years ago today - had a disappointing life. I don't mean this in a personal sense.

George Loveless, James Loveless, Thomas Standfield, John Standfield, James Brine, James Hammett. Listed like that, you probably haven't heard of these men. But they have another name you will know – the .

Above: Our Reflections on the Peterloo massacre The above verse comes at the end of Percy Shelley’s 1819 poem 'The Masque of Anarchy'. The aristocrat-turned-radical wrote it as a funeral march for the British working class murdered by police at the .

It's November 15th, so we just wanted to say 'happy birthday' to this Welshman named 'Nye', as he was often known, was a big-time socialist back in the middle of the last century.