In
1912 the Labour MP George
Lansbury had been one of the most important figures in the creation
of the Daily Herald. Lansbury was
unhappy with the way the newspaper became less radical after being
taken over by the Labour Party and the TUC
and so in 1925 he started another left-wing newspaper, the Lansbury's
Labour Weekly. The newspaper rapidly reached a circulation
of 172,000 and provided an important source of news during the 1926
General Strike. The newspaper lost a considerable amount of money
and in 1927 Lansbury was forced to cease publication.
Landsbury's
Labour Weekly (20th June, 1925)
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