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Ramsay MacDonald (Image Source: Wikipedia) After Stanley Baldwin’s resignation, Ramsay MacDonald forms Britain’s first Labour Government, climaxing 24 years of struggle by the Labour Party. James Ramsay MacDonald was a British politician. In addition, he was the first Labour Party member to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 and then from 1929–31. 1930: Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto The dwarf planet, Pluto. (Image Source: space.com) With a surface temperature estimated at approximately -360 Fahrenheit, Pluto...

Queen Elizabeth II's brother-in-law met with Czech spy twice in 1970s, new documents claim During the meetings, the secret agent reportedly discussed an upcoming Royal trip to the Soviet Union by Prince Philip and Princess Anne. January 6, 2021 08:28 GMT Some previously unseen sensitive documents have claimed that a communist spy once tried to infiltrate the British monarchy by making contact with Queen Elizabeth II's brother-in-law. According to documents recently released by the then-Czechoslovakian StB secret police, a Czech secret agent tried to infiltrate the Royal Family during the Cold...

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How Rory Bremner's spoof calls as 'frantic John Major' staved off Tory Eurosceptic rebellion Impressionist's portrayal of then Prime Minister in hoax calls to rebellious MPs was so realistic potential rebellion was quashed 30 December 2020 • 12:56pm Comedian Rory Bremner as politician John Major in a sketch from the BBC television impression show 'Rory Bremner' broadcast in 1991 Credit: Don Smith/Radio Times/Getty Images When Rory Bremner telephoned the Conservative Party’s “awkward squad” to impersonate a “frantic” John Major pleading for support, the comedian hoped only that his...

OPINION: A profoundly evil man died on Boxing Day, though one would hardly have known it from the entirely judgement-free tone of his obituaries. George Blake started spying for Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union in 1953, and by the time of his arrest in 1960 he had copied no fewer than 4720 pages of secret intelligence for the Russians, and betrayed the identities of over 350 MI6 agents to the KGB. For seven years Blake systematically destroyed the network of agents who were working to bring democracy to Eastern Europe and an unknown number - thought to be around 10 - paid with their lives, someti...