Why was Cripps expelled from the Labour Party in 1939?
For advocating a Popular Front with Communists
For stealing party funds
For alleged espionage
His health reasons
Answer
Cripps was expelled from the Labour Party in 1939 because he advocated a Popular Front with Communists. The Popular Front was a strategy for opposing fascism by forming an alliance of all left-wing parties, including Communists. Cripps believed that the Labour Party should work with the Communists to defeat fascism, but most Labour Party members disagreed.
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