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The "Zinoviev letter" was a controversial document published by the British Daily Mail newspaper four days before the general election in 1924. It purported to be a directive from the Communist International in Moscow to the Communist Party of Great Britain. It said the resumption of diplomatic relations (by a Labour government) would hasten the radicalisation of the British working class. The letter took its name from the apparent signature of a senior Soviet official Grigory Zinoviev. The letter seemed authentic at the time but historians now believe it was a forgery. It called for intensified communist agitation in Britain. Historians now agree that the letter had little impact on the Labour vote—which held up in 1924. However, it aided the Conservative Party in hastening the collapse of the Liberal party that led to the Conservative landslide.A.J.P. Taylor argues that the most important impact was on the psychology of Labourites, who for years blamed their defeat on foul play, thereby misunderstanding the political forces at work and postponing needed reforms in the Labour Party.
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The Zinoviev Letter Today | Gill Bennett
Gill Bennett draws parallels between the 1924 Zinoviev letter and the political dirty tricks it represents and today’s political climate of fake news and disinformation. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305 Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign S...
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What is the Zinoviev Letter? | Gill Bennett
Historian Gill Bennett discusses the Zinoviev letter and how it influenced Labour’s general election campaign in 1924. Allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, the letter was addressed to the British Communist Party and urged members to greater revolutionary effort. However, the letter was leaked and the Daily Mail published the letter four days before the election, greatly damaging Labour’s reputation. Who actually wrote the letter remains a mystery. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305 Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on Brit...
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The 1998 Investigation into the Zinoviev Letter | Gill Bennett
Former Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, Gill Bennett, on how she came to conduct the investigation into the Zinoviev letter in 1998. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305 Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A special...
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The Zinoviev Letter
This short film explores a controversial moment in British history when the Soviet government in Moscow was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the 1924 General Election. For further information, read the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter This film is uploaded for educational purposes only. All films on this channel are unmonetised and any advertising that appears is beyond my control.
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The Conspiracy That Never Dies | Gill Bennett | Talks at Google
Gill Bennett was chief historian of the UK Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy. As a historian in Whitehall for over thirty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In this talk about her new book, "The Zinoviev Letter - The Conspiracy that Never Dies", we learn about one of the most enduring conspiracy theories in British politics: the letter, sent in 1924 and most likely a fake, was blamed to bring down the first ever UK Labour government, becoming a symbol of political dirty tricks and what we would now call fake news. Get the book here: https://goo.gl/gfw9P4
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The Hidden Hand: Zinoviev Letter
BBC Parliament made this documentary in 2007 to examine the infamous Zinoviev letter of 1924. The letter purported to be an instruction from Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Comintern, to British Communists instructing them to prepare for a revolution. Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald mishandled it, and its publication four days before the general election contributed to Labour's defeat. The programme makes good use of the research of the Foreign Office official historian Dr Gill Bennett, published as 'The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies' (OUP, 2018). It also features Kenneth O. Morgan, Lewis Chester, Nigel West, and Professor Christopher Andrew. Transmitted 15 December 2007. BBC programme number b008k3bp.
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British Politics Before the 1924 General Election | Gill Bennett
Gill Bennett, sets the political scene for the general election in 1924, which saw the Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald lose power. During the summer that year campaigns were run to discredit Labour and their ability to govern. The Zinoviev letter, which was published a few days ahead of the general election, first came to the UK via the Secret Intelligence Service as a telegram but very quickly made the rounds in London and was soon used against Labour when it appeared in the press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305 Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overse...
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John Symons talks about his book ‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’
‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’ is a Non-Fiction finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2020! The book reveals that the infamous Zinoviev Letter, which caused a sensation in Britain in 1924, was NOT an attempt by the British establishment to smear the fledgling Labour Party – and that it was, indeed, written by Grigory Zinoviev, one of the top four leaders of the new Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. This book overturns the generally accepted view about the letter’s authenticity, proving that it was genuine. YOU, the public, are the judges of The People's Book Prize - YOU pick the winners! Vote for your favourite Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's books on our website at https://peoplesbookprize.com/2019-2020-finalists/ Due to the 2020 Award Ceremony being postponed until further not...
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The Zinoviev Letter Today | Gill Bennett
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Gill Bennett draws parallels between the 1924 Zinoviev letter and the political dirty tricks it represents and today’s political climate of fake news and disinf...
Gill Bennett draws parallels between the 1924 Zinoviev letter and the political dirty tricks it represents and today’s political climate of fake news and disinformation.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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Gill Bennett draws parallels between the 1924 Zinoviev letter and the political dirty tricks it represents and today’s political climate of fake news and disinformation.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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What is the Zinoviev Letter? | Gill Bennett
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Historian Gill Bennett discusses the Zinoviev letter and how it influenced Labour’s general election campaign in 1924. Allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, he...
Historian Gill Bennett discusses the Zinoviev letter and how it influenced Labour’s general election campaign in 1924. Allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, the letter was addressed to the British Communist Party and urged members to greater revolutionary effort. However, the letter was leaked and the Daily Mail published the letter four days before the election, greatly damaging Labour’s reputation. Who actually wrote the letter remains a mystery.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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Historian Gill Bennett discusses the Zinoviev letter and how it influenced Labour’s general election campaign in 1924. Allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, the letter was addressed to the British Communist Party and urged members to greater revolutionary effort. However, the letter was leaked and the Daily Mail published the letter four days before the election, greatly damaging Labour’s reputation. Who actually wrote the letter remains a mystery.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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The 1998 Investigation into the Zinoviev Letter | Gill Bennett
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Former Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, Gill Bennett, on how she came to conduct the investigation into the Zinoviev letter in 1998.
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Former Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, Gill Bennett, on how she came to conduct the investigation into the Zinoviev letter in 1998.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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Former Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, Gill Bennett, on how she came to conduct the investigation into the Zinoviev letter in 1998.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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The Zinoviev Letter
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This short film explores a controversial moment in British history when the Soviet government in Moscow was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the 19...
This short film explores a controversial moment in British history when the Soviet government in Moscow was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the 1924 General Election. For further information, read the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter This film is uploaded for educational purposes only. All films on this channel are unmonetised and any advertising that appears is beyond my control.
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This short film explores a controversial moment in British history when the Soviet government in Moscow was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the 1924 General Election. For further information, read the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter This film is uploaded for educational purposes only. All films on this channel are unmonetised and any advertising that appears is beyond my control.
- published: 13 May 2017
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The Conspiracy That Never Dies | Gill Bennett | Talks at Google
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Gill Bennett was chief historian of the UK Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy. As a historian in...
Gill Bennett was chief historian of the UK Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy. As a historian in Whitehall for over thirty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair.
In this talk about her new book, "The Zinoviev Letter - The Conspiracy that Never Dies", we learn about one of the most enduring conspiracy theories in British politics: the letter, sent in 1924 and most likely a fake, was blamed to bring down the first ever UK Labour government, becoming a symbol of political dirty tricks and what we would now call fake news.
Get the book here: https://goo.gl/gfw9P4
https://wn.com/The_Conspiracy_That_Never_Dies_|_Gill_Bennett_|_Talks_At_Google
Gill Bennett was chief historian of the UK Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy. As a historian in Whitehall for over thirty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair.
In this talk about her new book, "The Zinoviev Letter - The Conspiracy that Never Dies", we learn about one of the most enduring conspiracy theories in British politics: the letter, sent in 1924 and most likely a fake, was blamed to bring down the first ever UK Labour government, becoming a symbol of political dirty tricks and what we would now call fake news.
Get the book here: https://goo.gl/gfw9P4
- published: 06 Nov 2018
- views: 2812
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The Hidden Hand: Zinoviev Letter
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BBC Parliament made this documentary in 2007 to examine the infamous Zinoviev letter of 1924. The letter purported to be an instruction from Grigori Zinoviev, h...
BBC Parliament made this documentary in 2007 to examine the infamous Zinoviev letter of 1924. The letter purported to be an instruction from Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Comintern, to British Communists instructing them to prepare for a revolution. Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald mishandled it, and its publication four days before the general election contributed to Labour's defeat.
The programme makes good use of the research of the Foreign Office official historian Dr Gill Bennett, published as 'The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies' (OUP, 2018). It also features Kenneth O. Morgan, Lewis Chester, Nigel West, and Professor Christopher Andrew.
Transmitted 15 December 2007. BBC programme number b008k3bp.
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BBC Parliament made this documentary in 2007 to examine the infamous Zinoviev letter of 1924. The letter purported to be an instruction from Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Comintern, to British Communists instructing them to prepare for a revolution. Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald mishandled it, and its publication four days before the general election contributed to Labour's defeat.
The programme makes good use of the research of the Foreign Office official historian Dr Gill Bennett, published as 'The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies' (OUP, 2018). It also features Kenneth O. Morgan, Lewis Chester, Nigel West, and Professor Christopher Andrew.
Transmitted 15 December 2007. BBC programme number b008k3bp.
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British Politics Before the 1924 General Election | Gill Bennett
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Gill Bennett, sets the political scene for the general election in 1924, which saw the Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald lose power. During the summer th...
Gill Bennett, sets the political scene for the general election in 1924, which saw the Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald lose power. During the summer that year campaigns were run to discredit Labour and their ability to govern. The Zinoviev letter, which was published a few days ahead of the general election, first came to the UK via the Secret Intelligence Service as a telegram but very quickly made the rounds in London and was soon used against Labour when it appeared in the press.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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Gill Bennett, sets the political scene for the general election in 1924, which saw the Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald lose power. During the summer that year campaigns were run to discredit Labour and their ability to govern. The Zinoviev letter, which was published a few days ahead of the general election, first came to the UK via the Secret Intelligence Service as a telegram but very quickly made the rounds in London and was soon used against Labour when it appeared in the press.
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-zinoviev-letter-9780198767305
Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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John Symons talks about his book ‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’
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‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’ is a Non-Fiction finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2020!
The book reveals that the infamous Zinoviev Letter, which caused...
‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’ is a Non-Fiction finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2020!
The book reveals that the infamous Zinoviev Letter, which caused a sensation in Britain in 1924, was NOT an attempt by the British establishment to smear the fledgling Labour Party – and that it was, indeed, written by Grigory Zinoviev, one of the top four leaders of the new Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. This book overturns the generally accepted view about the letter’s authenticity, proving that it was genuine.
YOU, the public, are the judges of The People's Book Prize - YOU pick the winners! Vote for your favourite Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's books on our website at https://peoplesbookprize.com/2019-2020-finalists/
Due to the 2020 Award Ceremony being postponed until further notice because of the coronavirus crisis, voting has been extended to the 30th of May.
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‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’ is a Non-Fiction finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2020!
The book reveals that the infamous Zinoviev Letter, which caused a sensation in Britain in 1924, was NOT an attempt by the British establishment to smear the fledgling Labour Party – and that it was, indeed, written by Grigory Zinoviev, one of the top four leaders of the new Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. This book overturns the generally accepted view about the letter’s authenticity, proving that it was genuine.
YOU, the public, are the judges of The People's Book Prize - YOU pick the winners! Vote for your favourite Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children's books on our website at https://peoplesbookprize.com/2019-2020-finalists/
Due to the 2020 Award Ceremony being postponed until further notice because of the coronavirus crisis, voting has been extended to the 30th of May.
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Zinoviev Letter
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Zinoviev letter
The Zinoviev letter was a fraudulent document published by the British "Daily Mail" newspaper four days before the general election in 1924. It purported to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, the head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain, ordering it to engage in seditious activities. It said the resumption of diplomatic relations (by a Labour government) would hasten the radicalisation of the British working class. This would have constituted a significant interference in British politics, and as a result it was deeply offensive to British voters, turning them against the Labour Party. The letter seemed authentic at the time, but historians now agree it was a forgery. The letter aided the Conservative Party, by hastening the collapse of the Liberal Party vote that produced a Conservative landslide. A. J. P. Taylor argues that the most important impact was on the psychology of Labourites, who for years afterward blamed their defeat on foul play, thereby misunderstanding the political forces at work and postponing necessary reforms in the Labour Party.
In 1924, the socialist Labour Party formed a government for the first time. However, it was a minority government and was liable to fall if the Conservatives and Liberals combined against it. In foreign policy, the government recognised the Soviet Union in February 1924, and proposed to lend it money. On 8 October 1924, the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald suffered defeat in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence; this forced MacDonald to go to King George V ...
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Zinoviev letter
The Zinoviev letter was a fraudulent document published by the British "Daily Mail" newspaper four days before the general election in 1924. It purported to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, the head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain, ordering it to engage in seditious activities. It said the resumption of diplomatic relations (by a Labour government) would hasten the radicalisation of the British working class. This would have constituted a significant interference in British politics, and as a result it was deeply offensive to British voters, turning them against the Labour Party. The letter seemed authentic at the time, but historians now agree it was a forgery. The letter aided the Conservative Party, by hastening the collapse of the Liberal Party vote that produced a Conservative landslide. A. J. P. Taylor argues that the most important impact was on the psychology of Labourites, who for years afterward blamed their defeat on foul play, thereby misunderstanding the political forces at work and postponing necessary reforms in the Labour Party.
In 1924, the socialist Labour Party formed a government for the first time. However, it was a minority government and was liable to fall if the Conservatives and Liberals combined against it. In foreign policy, the government recognised the Soviet Union in February 1924, and proposed to lend it money. On 8 October 1924, the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald suffered defeat in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence; this forced MacDonald to go to King George V ...
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The Zinoviev Letter Today | Gill Bennett
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Gill Bennett draws parallels between the 1924 Zinoviev letter and the political dirty tricks it represents and today’s political climate of fake news and disinformation.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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What is the Zinoviev Letter? | Gill Bennett
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Historian Gill Bennett discusses the Zinoviev letter and how it influenced Labour’s general election campaign in 1924. Allegedly written by Grigory Zinoviev, head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, the letter was addressed to the British Communist Party and urged members to greater revolutionary effort. However, the letter was leaked and the Daily Mail published the letter four days before the election, greatly damaging Labour’s reputation. Who actually wrote the letter remains a mystery.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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The 1998 Investigation into the Zinoviev Letter | Gill Bennett
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Former Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, Gill Bennett, on how she came to conduct the investigation into the Zinoviev letter in 1998.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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The Zinoviev Letter
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This short film explores a controversial moment in British history when the Soviet government in Moscow was accused of trying to influence the outcome of the 1924 General Election. For further information, read the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinoviev_letter This film is uploaded for educational purposes only. All films on this channel are unmonetised and any advertising that appears is beyond my control.
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The Conspiracy That Never Dies | Gill Bennett | Talks at Google
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Gill Bennett was chief historian of the UK Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy. As a historian in Whitehall for over thirty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair.
In this talk about her new book, "The Zinoviev Letter - The Conspiracy that Never Dies", we learn about one of the most enduring conspiracy theories in British politics: the letter, sent in 1924 and most likely a fake, was blamed to bring down the first ever UK Labour government, becoming a symbol of political dirty tricks and what we would now call fake news.
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The Hidden Hand: Zinoviev Letter
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BBC Parliament made this documentary in 2007 to examine the infamous Zinoviev letter of 1924. The letter purported to be an instruction from Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Comintern, to British Communists instructing them to prepare for a revolution. Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald mishandled it, and its publication four days before the general election contributed to Labour's defeat.
The programme makes good use of the research of the Foreign Office official historian Dr Gill Bennett, published as 'The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies' (OUP, 2018). It also features Kenneth O. Morgan, Lewis Chester, Nigel West, and Professor Christopher Andrew.
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British Politics Before the 1924 General Election | Gill Bennett
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Gill Bennett, sets the political scene for the general election in 1924, which saw the Labour government under Ramsay MacDonald lose power. During the summer that year campaigns were run to discredit Labour and their ability to govern. The Zinoviev letter, which was published a few days ahead of the general election, first came to the UK via the Secret Intelligence Service as a telegram but very quickly made the rounds in London and was soon used against Labour when it appeared in the press.
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Gill Bennett MA, OBE, FRHistS is an Associate Fellow of RUSI. She was Chief Historian of the Foreign Office from 1995-2005, and senior editor of its official history of British foreign policy, Documents on British Policy Overseas. As a historian in Whitehall for over forty years, she provided historical advice to twelve foreign secretaries under six prime ministers, from Edward Heath to Tony Blair. In 1998, in her role as Chief Historian of the Foreign Office, she was commissioned to write a report into the Zinoviev Letter affair for the Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook. A specialist in the history of secret intelligence, Gill published a ground-breaking biography, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006). Her most recent book, Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.
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John Symons talks about his book ‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’
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‘The Zinoviev Controversy Resolved’ is a Non-Fiction finalist for The People’s Book Prize 2020!
The book reveals that the infamous Zinoviev Letter, which caused a sensation in Britain in 1924, was NOT an attempt by the British establishment to smear the fledgling Labour Party – and that it was, indeed, written by Grigory Zinoviev, one of the top four leaders of the new Russian Soviet Socialist Republic. This book overturns the generally accepted view about the letter’s authenticity, proving that it was genuine.
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Due to the 2020 Award Ceremony being postponed until further notice because of the coronavirus crisis, voting has been extended to the 30th of May.
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Zinoviev letter
The Zinoviev letter was a fraudulent document published by the British "Daily Mail" newspaper four days before the general election in 1924. It purported to be a directive from Grigory Zinoviev, the head of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow, to the Communist Party of Great Britain, ordering it to engage in seditious activities. It said the resumption of diplomatic relations (by a Labour government) would hasten the radicalisation of the British working class. This would have constituted a significant interference in British politics, and as a result it was deeply offensive to British voters, turning them against the Labour Party. The letter seemed authentic at the time, but historians now agree it was a forgery. The letter aided the Conservative Party, by hastening the collapse of the Liberal Party vote that produced a Conservative landslide. A. J. P. Taylor argues that the most important impact was on the psychology of Labourites, who for years afterward blamed their defeat on foul play, thereby misunderstanding the political forces at work and postponing necessary reforms in the Labour Party.
In 1924, the socialist Labour Party formed a government for the first time. However, it was a minority government and was liable to fall if the Conservatives and Liberals combined against it. In foreign policy, the government recognised the Soviet Union in February 1924, and proposed to lend it money. On 8 October 1924, the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald suffered defeat in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence; this forced MacDonald to go to King George V ...
Zinoviev letter
The "Zinoviev letter" was a controversial document published by the British Daily Mail newspaper four days before the general election in 1924. It purported to be a directive from the Communist International in Moscow to the Communist Party of Great Britain. It said the resumption of diplomatic relations (by a Labour government) would hasten the radicalisation of the British working class. The letter took its name from the apparent signature of a senior Soviet official Grigory Zinoviev. The letter seemed authentic at the time but historians now believe it was a forgery. It called for intensified communist agitation in Britain. Historians now agree that the letter had little impact on the Labour vote—which held up in 1924. However, it aided the Conservative Party in hastening the collapse of the Liberal party that led to the Conservative landslide.A.J.P. Taylor argues that the most important impact was on the psychology of Labourites, who for years blamed their defeat on foul play, thereby misunderstanding the political forces at work and postponing needed reforms in the Labour Party.
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