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A timeline (or several) relating to Labour Party (UK).

1834: The Tolpuddle martyrs[1] - 5 trade unionists are sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia
1838: The People's Charter[2] We demand universal suffrage
1871: The Paris Commune[3] - Paris workers seize power and form the world's first socialist government
1881: Democratic Federation formed
1884: The Democratic Federation is renamed the Social Democratic Foundation

Fabian Society formed[4] - a socialist pressure group that wanted to create a "society in accordance with the highest moral possibilities".

1891: The Condition of the Working Class in England by Frederick Engels - depicting overcrowded housing, abject poverty, child labour, sexual exploitation, dirt and drunkenness.
1892: Keir Hardie, a Scottish trade union leader, elected Member of Parliament as "Independent Labour"
1893: Independent Labour Party[5] formed by Keir Hardie "to secure the collective ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange.
1900: Labour Representation Committee[6] - brought socialist groups togethe for the purpose of increasing working class representation in Parliament.

Keir Hardy elected as the first "Labour" Member of Parliament

1901: Taff Vale judgement[7] - upheld the right of a company to sue a trade union for the recovery of losses due to a strike
1906: The Labour Repesentation Committee renamed "The Labour Party"
1924: 1st Labour Government. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
1929: 2nd Labour Government. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
1931: National Government (coalition). Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
1934: Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) replaced Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister
1935: Clement Attlee became leader of the Labour Party
1940: Wartime coalition. Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) Prime Minister
1941: Winston Churchill (Conservative) became Prime Minister and Clement Attlee became Deputy Prime Minister
1945: 3rd Labour Government. Prime Minister Clement Atlee
1955 Hugh Gaitskell elected party leader
1964: Labour Government. Prime Minister Harold Wilson
1974: Labour Government. Prime Minister Harold Wilson
1976: Harold Wilson retired, James Callaghan becoame Prime Minister
1980: Michael Foot elected party leader
1983: Neil Kinnock replaced Michael Foot as party leader
1992: John Smith took over from Michael Foot
1994: John Smith died. Tony Blair elected party leader
1997: Labour Government. Prime Minister Tony Blair
2007: Tony Blair retired. Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Prime Minister
2010: Conservative Government. Milliband elected Labour party leader.

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 * 1892: Keir Hardie, a Scottish trade union leader,  elected Member of Parliament as "Independent Labour"
 * 1893: Independent Labour Party[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Pilp.htm] formed by Keir Hardie ''"to secure the collective ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange''.
-* 1900: Labour Representation Committee formed.
+* 1900: Labour Representation Committee[http://library-2.lse.ac.uk/archives/handlists/Labourrep/Labourrep.html] - brought socialist groups togethe for the purpose of increasing working class representation in Parliament.
 ::&nbsp; Keir Hardy elected as the first "Labour" Member of Parliament
-* 1901: Taff Vale  judgement - upheld the right of a company to sue a trade union for the recovery of losses due to a strike
+* 1901: Taff Vale  judgement[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/subject_guides/taff/] - upheld the right of a company to sue a trade union for the recovery of losses due to a strike
 * 1906: The Labour Repesentation Committee renamed "The Labour Party"
 * 1924: 1st Labour Government. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald