AGAINST THE WAR - introduction |
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Keir Hardie MP for West Ham South, speaking at a mass peace rally in Trafalgar Square just 2 days before Britain declared war. People were not as enthusiatic about war is is usualy suggested. | ||
Then as now most people were complacent about foreign affairs knowing little about the politicking and wheeling and dealing by the government, bankers, indusrialist and the military. The war when it came however did not come as a surprise to everyone and certainly not to those who warned of the dangers for years. |
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