The Ilford Socialist Party. (1908)

Party News from the March 1908 issue of the Socialist Standard

The adjourned debate at the S.P.G.B. Club, 27, York Rd., Ilford, on Feb. 2nd was “funked” by the members of the Ilford Socialist Party, although the date was fixed to suit their convenience. Only three attended, one of whom declared that he didn’t see they could do any more than agree upon general principles and then allow the members liberty of action ! Since then, one of the I.S.P. leaders, Mr. S. H. Sweetman, has publicly supported the candidature of Mr. W. P. Griggs, a local Conservative, for the Cranbrook Ward of Ilford, moving the resolution of confidence at a public meeting held at Cranbrook College on February 4th !

Mr. Sweetman may be remembered as having once occupied a seat as a "Socialist” on the West Ham Town Council.