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Philip Snowden Snowden, 1st
History of Great Britain
1864
Birth
18th July Cowling
Birth of
Philip
Snowden
1864
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Snowden marries Ethel Annakin, a campaigner for women's suffrage
1903
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Blackburn
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1918
Election
Blackburn
Snowden stuck to his pacifist principles offering his support to conscientious objectors & loses his seat in the general election
1922
Election
Colne Valley
Elected
Member
of
Parliament
for
Colne
Valley
1922
Party Leader
Appointed
Party
Leader
of the
Independent
Labour
Party
1924
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Cuts direct & indirect taxation
1924
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Appointed
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1929
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Appointed
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1931
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Appointed
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of the Exchequer, 3rd term
1931
Economy
Cuts government expenditure & secures the abandonment of the gold standard
1931
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Snowden decides not to stand for
Parliament
at the general election
1931
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6th Sep
Announces cuts in unemployment relief & pay for all government employees
1931
Expulsion Snowden
Snowden &
MacDonald
are expelled from the
Labour
Party
16th Oct
In a BBC radio broadcast calls Labour's policies "Bolshevism run mad"
1931
Gold Standard
21st Sep
Takes Britain off the gold standard
1931
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Appointed Lord
Privy
Seal
1932
Imperial Preference
Resigns in protest at the enactment of a full scheme of
Imperial
Preference and protectionist tariffs
1932
Resignation
Resigns in protest at the enactment of a full scheme of
Imperial
Preference and protectionist tariffs
1935
Election
Supports a radical economic programme proposed by
Lloyd
George, despite it being a complete repudiation of Snowden's own record
1937
Death
15th May
Death of
Philip
Snowden
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