Huw T. Edwards

British Labour and Welsh Socialism

• Author(s): Paul Ward,
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 178316445X
  ISBN_13: 9781783164455
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Political , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / General ,

Description:... This book is the first biography of Huw T. Edwards (1929 – 1970), a key figure in the Welsh labour movement, who was known in the 1950s as the ‘unofficial Prime Minister of Wales’. He was of working-class origin, a Welsh speaker and trade unionist involved in a wide range of activities associated with Welsh culture. He represented Wales to the BBC, chaired the Welsh Tourist Board, and was president of the Welsh Language Society.