8 May – Day five of the General Strike
The Communist | International Marxist Tendency
May 8, 2026
On day five of the Strike, Prime Minister Baldwin gave the first emergency radio broadcast to the country, where he warned: “I am a man of peace... but I will not surrender the safety and the security of the British Constitution”. This pressure was acutely felt by the TUC leaders.
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