Political career Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield



sidney webb , beatrice webb


webb , potter members of labour party , took active role in politics. sidney became member of parliament seaham @ 1922 general election. couple s influence can seen in hosting of coefficients, dining club attracted of leading statesmen , thinkers of day. in 1929, raised peerage baron passfield, of passfield corner in county of southampton. served both secretary of state colonies , secretary of state dominion affairs in ramsay macdonald second labour government in 1929. colonial secretary issued passfield white paper revising government s policy in palestine, set churchill white paper of 1922. in 1930, failing health caused him step down dominions secretary, stayed on colonial secretary till fall of labour government in august 1931.


ignoring mounting evidence of atrocities committed stalin, webbs supporters of soviet union until deaths. having reached seventies , eighties, books soviet communism: new civilisation? (1935) , truth soviet russia (1942) give positive assessment of joseph stalin s regime. trotskyist historian al richardson later described soviet communism: new civilization? pure soviet propaganda @ mendacious .








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