31.   Parts of the labour movement, however, remained or became hostile to the war.

32.   They were remote from the centre of political power in London and were even regarded as peripheral by many of the leaders of the labour movement.

33.   The General Strike ended a major epoch in the history of the labour movement.

34.   Two major betrayals in five years were more than enough and created the permanent attitude of mistrust towards leadership which characterized radicals in the labour movement from then onwards.

35.   Both within the political wing of Labour and in outside groups within the broader labour movement an identifiable Left began to emerge as a major influence.

36.   There had always been a Left within the Labour movement.

37.   There was a tendency to radicalism in the labour movement.

38.   Unemployment was the most important problem facing the labour movement.

39.   The European labour movement lost its heartland, and no distinction was made between Communists and Social Democrats, between workers or intellectuals.

40.   Nevertheless, a major lesson was drawn from the German and Austrian situation by many in the British labour movement.