Labour and the Empire
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James Ramsay MacDonald fue un estadista británico y el primer Primer Ministro laborista del Reino Unido. Su carrera política estuvo marcada por el liderazgo de gobiernos minoritarios y, posteriormente, un Gobierno Nacional dominado por los conservadores. A pesar de ayudar a fundar el Partido Laborista, finalmente fue expulsado, lo que refleja los complejos cambios en alianzas políticas e ideologías de su época. Su mandato abarcó momentos cruciales de la historia británica de principios del siglo XX.






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