Reddest of the Reds chronicles miners' MP SO Davies - from child labourer to Merthyr's socialist champion. Defying Attlee over US bases and biological weapons, opposing imperialism from Cyprus to Kenya, this Bevan ally was hounded by the state yet won re-election aged 89 as an independent, trouncing Labour by 7,000 votes.
Reddest of the Reds chronicles miners' MP SO Davies - from child labourer to Merthyr's socialist champion. Defying Attlee over US bases and biological weapons, opposing imperialism from Cyprus to Kenya, this Bevan ally was hounded by the state yet won re-election aged 89 as an independent, trouncing Labour by 7,000 votes.