100 Years Ago

20 FEBRUARY 1924 The General Council of the Trades Union Congress meeting in London decided to pledge the support of

19 FEBRUARY 1924 A Court of Inquiry was set up by the Government in connection with the dockers’ strike. The

18 FEBRUARY 1924 Work at British ports came to a stop following the start of the dockers’ strike. Britain’s weakness

17 FEBRUARY 1924 Noel Buxton, the Minister for Agriculture, visited Coventry Farm at Mill Hill in Middlesex to inspect the

16 FEBRUARY 1924 It was reported that negotiations had broken down and a strike of the dockers was declared with

15 FEBRUARY 1924 It was officially announced that as a result of further conferences at the Ministry of Labour that

14 FEBRUARY 1924 The House of Commons continued discussion of the Premier’s statement upon Government policy. Stanley Baldwin, the former

13 FEBRUARY 1924 In the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor (Lord Haldane) made a statement on foreign policy and

12 FEBRUARY 1924 Stanley Baldwin, the former Prime Minister, was unanimously re-elected leader of the Unionist Party at a representative

11 FEBRUARY 1924 An agreement was signed between France and Britain with regards to railway traffic in the British zone