Campbell Case controversy

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The Campbell Case controversy was a 1924 British political scandal over the prosecution of a communist newspaper editor that undermined public and parliamentary support for Ramsay MacDonald's first Labour government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political scandal ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
chronology occurred during Ramsay MacDonald’s first term as Prime Minister ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource British parliamentary records ⓘ
contemporary British newspapers ⓘ
histories of the British Labour Party ⓘ
endTime October 1924 ⓘ
follows formation of the First Labour Government ⓘ
hasCause decision to prosecute J. R. Campbell for incitement ⓘ
subsequent decision to halt the prosecution ⓘ
hasConsequence damage to Labour’s reputation for constitutional propriety ⓘ
strengthening of Conservative electoral prospects in 1924 ⓘ
hasEffect contributing to the fall of Ramsay MacDonald’s first government ⓘ
undermining parliamentary support for the first Labour government ⓘ
undermining public support for the first Labour government ⓘ
hasPart prosecution of J. R. Campbell ⓘ
hasTopic freedom of the press ⓘ
government interference in legal proceedings ⓘ
relations between Labour Party and Communists ⓘ
use of emergency powers and sedition laws ⓘ
involves Attorney General of England and Wales ⓘ
Conservative Party ⓘ
Director of Public Prosecutions ⓘ
Home Office ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Labour Party ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)

Liberal Party ⓘ
location Great Britain ⓘ
mainSubject Communist Party of Great Britain ⓘ
J. R. Campbell ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Workers Weekly ⓘ
linked to: Daily Worker
namedAfter J. R. Campbell ⓘ
opposedBy Conservative MPs ⓘ
Liberal MPs ⓘ
partOf history of the British Labour Party ⓘ
interwar British politics ⓘ
political history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
pointInTime 1924 ⓘ
relatedTo 1924 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Zinoviev letter ⓘ
significantEvent decision to call a general election in 1924 ⓘ
parliamentary debate on government interference in prosecution ⓘ
vote of censure against the Labour government ⓘ
withdrawal of prosecution against J. R. Campbell ⓘ
startTime August 1924 ⓘ
supportedBy Labour MPs ⓘ

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First MacDonald government → reasonForEnd → Campbell Case controversy ⓘ