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Thomas Daniel Smith (1915-1993), known as '''T. Dan Smith''', was probably the most significant English regional political figure of the later twentieth century, but his conviction and gaoling for corruption did much to undermine the cause of English regionalism.
'''Thomas Daniel Smith''' (1915-1993), known as '''T. Dan Smith''', was probably the most significant English regional political figure of the later twentieth century, but his conviction and gaoling for corruption did much to undermine the cause of English regionalism.
Smith was born in the [[Tyneside]] industrial town of [[Wallsend]], east of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], the son of a coal miner. He left school early and was apprenticed as a painter in a local shipyard. As a young adult, he increasingly made a name for himself as a political agitator. He was a member of the [[Independent Labour Party]], but simultaneously (and covertly) a member of the Trotskyist Revolutionary Communist Party. He campaigned against British participation in the [[Second World War]] (he was exempted from service through deafness), while working as NE regional organiser for the ILP and as a painter; in 1943 he was elected to the ruling ILP National Administrative Council.
Smith was born in the [[Tyneside]] industrial town of [[Wallsend]], east of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], the son of a coal miner. He left school early and was apprenticed as a painter in a local shipyard. As a young adult, he increasingly made a name for himself as a political agitator. He was a member of the [[Independent Labour Party]], but simultaneously (and covertly) a member of the Trotskyist Revolutionary Communist Party. He campaigned against British participation in the [[Second World War]] (he was exempted from service through deafness), while working as NE regional organiser for the ILP and as a painter; in 1943 he was elected to the ruling ILP National Administrative Council.
On his release from prison he tried to rebuild a political career but was refused re-entry to the Labour Party (although the party relented towards the end of Smith's life). He therefore devoted his energies to working for [[The Howard League for Prison Reform]] and the pensioners' movement.
On his release from prison he tried to rebuild a political career but was refused re-entry to the Labour Party (although the party relented towards the end of Smith's life). He therefore devoted his energies to working for [[The Howard League for Prison Reform]] and the pensioners' movement.
See also: [[Poulson Affair]], [[Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)]]
==See also==
* [[Poulson Affair]]
* [[Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)]]
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