100 Years Ago

30 JANUARY 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, arrived in Edinburgh on official business. The dockers declared their intention to

29 JANUARY 1924 Prolonged negotiations with the object of bringing the railway strike to an end took place in London.

28 JANUARY 1924 The Trades Union Congress set up a Mediation Committee in a bid to resolve the strike on

27 JANUARY 1924 The death was announced of Vladimir Lenin, with the funeral having been postponed due to the size

26 JANUARY 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, said that he was monitoring the situation with the railway strike closely.

25 JANUARY 1924 Correspondence between the railway managers and the Executive of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

24 JANUARY 1924 Further Ministerial announcements were confirmed, including William Graham who became the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and

23 JANUARY 1924 Stanley Baldwin resigned as Prime Minister and Ramsay MacDonald was asked to form a Government. MacDonald confirmed

22 JANUARY 1924 The Government were defeated in the House of Commons by a majority of 72 on the Socialist

21 JANUARY 1924 Negotiations to prevent the threatened trouble on the railways were unsuccessful, and the members of the Associated