Some World Financial Interests of Tory M.P.s
- Title:
- Some World Financial Interests of Tory M.P.s
- Alternate Title:
- Some World Financial Interests of Tory M.P.s
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Haxey, Simon [pseudonym for Arthur Henry Ashford Wynn & Margaret Moxon Wynn]
- Date:
- 1939
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2348.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2348_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Politics & Government
- Measurement:
- 22 x 26 pages (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This map of “Some World Financial Interests of Tory M.P.s” appears in a political polemic published in 1939. It shows the names of Conservative Members of Parliament, by country, who “are directors of companies operating in or concerned with the part of the world indicated.” (Perhaps because they were too numerous, “connections with the U.S.A are omitted.”) Some 35 ties of this sort appear in the Western Hemisphere and 64 in the Eastern Hemisphere.
At the time this work was published, British General Elections were scheduled to take place within the next year (although they were postponed as a result of the war). The book, an all-out assault on Conservatives, was published for the “Left Book Club,” whose name and logo appear on the cover. It contains extensive data, examples, charts and tables of business interests and family connections among Tory M.P.s.
Based on this evidence, it concludes that “The great wealth of Conservative politicians, their common stake in the profits of industry, their extensive interests in land and property both in Britain and the Empire, their personal dependence on hereditary privilege are all common factors influencing the policy of our Government at every turn.” (p. 239) Among the most powerful accusations is that “At every turn in the international situation leading Conservatives have advised capitulation to Hitler,” as well as support of Fascism elsewhere. (p. 245). In short, the Conservatives are “men who believe the great majority of their fellow-countrymen are too poor to be entrusted with government, and who use their own political power for the ends of their own wealthy class.” (p. 252-53).
“Simon Haxey” is a pseudonym for the authors of the book, Arthur and Margaret Wynn. Wynn was a British civil servant, researcher on social issues, sometime member of the Communist party, and recruiter of spies for the KGB.
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- Haxey, Simon [pseudonym for Arthur Henry Ashford Wynn & Margaret Moxon Wynn]. 1939. Tory M.P. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, Left Book Club Edition.
- Format:
- Image
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