On this day 1924 Ramsay MacDonald became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister. Prior to this British politics had been dominated by the Conservitives and Liberals in one form or another. This change in personal set a president and ever since Britain has had either a Conservitive or Labour Prime Minister.James Ramsay MacDonald, the illegitimate son of Ann Ramsay, a maidservant, was born in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, on 12th October, 1866. Making him a Scot just like the Prime Minister we have at the moment.
