The Legal Eight Hours and International Labour League was a
London
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-based organisation set up to facilitate the formation of a distinct Labour Party.
It arose from the
May Day
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demonstration organised by the
Bloomsbury Socialist Society and the
Gas Workers and General Labourers’ Union on Sunday 4 May 1890.
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1890 in England
Political history of England
History of the Labour Party (UK)