MacDonald was undoubtedly a remarkable man. Lenin despised him as a mere bourgeois reformist, but to be despised by Lenin was a mark of human decency. MacDonald was born in the Highlands of Scotland ...

When Ramsay MacDonald became prime minister 100 years ago today, he took the values instilled in him from his Lossiemouth upbringing and put them on a national stage.

Later, keep your eyes peeled for a video presented by BBC Verify’s Olga Robinson. She’ll be talking you through the details ...

James Ramsay MacDonald formed Britain's first Labour government 100 years ago on 22 January 1924. Today, his granddaughter Iona Kielhorn lives in The Hillocks, the house he had built in his home ...

David Torrance assesses Ramsay MacDonald as the first Labour prime minister in 1924, exploring how he navigates the tensions between radicalism and respectability within the party. Show more It's ...

Onetime (Jan. Nov. 1924) Labor Premier James Ramsay Macdonald, now on pleasure bent in the U. S. (TiME, April 18) visited the scene of his honeymoon at Concord, Mass., last week; but received while ...

Watch Tom Sheldrick's report. It is 100 years since Ramsay MacDonald became the first Labour Prime Minister and the politician continues to divide opinion today.

This the MacDonald family politely refused. For years Ramsay MacDonald had hoped to be buried in his beloved Lossiemouth, beside his still more beloved wife, Margaret Ethel, who died in 1911.

Most of us, who are interested in politics, would be able to answer that evergreen pub quiz question: “Who was the UK’s first Labour Prime Minister?” Ramsay MacDonald, I hear you cry. But when pushed ...

As Ramsay MacDonald, the first ever Labour prime minister, looked around the Downing Street cabinet table in January 1924, he knew he was making history.