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later took over the presidency. The organisation's statutes called for the nationalisation of industry and land. The
Federation's politics were thus broadly liberal, although there was a wide diversity of opinion.
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to "hold firm against Labour tyranny". The organisation's support for the government against the railwaymen caused tension within its ranks, and many left-wing members left to join its Labour-aligned rival, the
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to a meeting to discuss a potential merger, and this was achieved in 1921, establishing the
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but was unsuccessful, taking only a quarter of the votes cast. This intervention persuaded
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Democracy and
Sectarianism: a political and social history of Liverpool 1868-1939
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The Lion and the Poppy: British veterans, politics, and society, 1921-1939
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Federation invited NADSS, Comrades of the Great War and the
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F.B. Hughes, a member of the NFDDSS, stood on behalf of the group at the
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National
Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers
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The NFDDSS sponsored a considerable number of candidates at the
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in 1918, and the following year it came out against the
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National
Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers
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Federation of Discharged Soldiers and Sailors
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