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Politics and class conflict in the 1920's

Churchill's notes for a speech on the situation after the General Strike given at Hornsey on 19 June 1926. Here Churchill reiterates his strong opposition to the General Strike as an "illegal and unconstitutional conspiracy," but in other respects his tone is more conciliatory than in May.

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Page from Churchill's speech on the General Strike, 1926

Reference: Churchill Papers, CHAR 9/77, 1926. Reproduced by kind permission of Curtis Brown Ltd on behalf of Mr Winston S. Churchill.