A Radical History Of Britain

by Edward Vallance

  * He later opened a bakery in New South Wales, while two of his co-conspirators went on to become policemen.

  * The name was probably a compound of the Gaelic Bron – meaning ‘sorrow’ – and the French terre – earth – and designed to reflect the young radical’s early interest in land reform.18

  * Mill’s election as MP for Westminster in 1865 had been an important spur to the cause of women’s suffrage: he had made a clear commitment to securing women’s voting rights in his election address of 28 April 1866. Three years later, his Subjection of Women would emerge as a classic liberal argument for equality of the sexes.

  * The case against Emmeline Pankhurst was dismissed without her coming to trial, Hardie scuppering the proceedings by informing the prosecution that he had over four hundred witnesses ready to testify for the defence.

  * The candidate, Thorley Smith, stood for Wigan in the 1906 election, losing to the Conservatives but coming ahead of the Liberal candidate.

  * Hardie subsisted on a meagre income of £150 a year from the ILP, which barely met his expenses as an MP.

  * Ponomareva was a Soviet discus thrower who had been arrested for stealing hats from an Oxford Street store. In protest at her arrest, the Soviet team withdrew from the White City Games. The CPGB’s Daily Worker newspaper broke with the Moscow line by describing the decision to withdraw as ‘regrettable’.