In 1894 the father of the modern Labour Party James Keir Hardie attacked the press for their fawning over the birth of the future Edward VIII at the expense of reporting on the Cilfynydd mining disaster that claimed 290 lives. He followed this by attacking the fecklessness of the Royal family in the Commons. He would go on to consistently attack the money wasted on the monarchy, publicly criticise Edward VII for visiting Russia and so endorsing Tsar Nicholas II's gunning down of dissidents and... read more
