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- ↑ "I.L.P. Candidate", Manchester Guardian , 15 October 1935
- ↑ "I.L.P. to fight Renfrew", Manchester Guardian , 23 March 1940
- ↑ LSE Library Archives Catalogue: Independent Labour Party
- ↑ "'Atlantic Pact will lead to war' - I.L.P. Chairman", Manchester Guardian , 17 April 1949
- ↑ Jane M Jacobs, Stephen Cairns & Ignaz Strebel, "'A tall storey... but, a fact just the same': The Red Road highrise as a black box", Institute of Geography Online Paper Series: GEO-023
- ↑ The Word, vol.15/16, p.99
- ↑ "CND March in Glasgow", The Guardian , 16 October 1961