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The threat of imprisonment loomed over George Lansbury as he stood outside Poplar Town Hall on July 29, 1921.
He and his fellow councillors faced a stark choice. Either they backed down from their refusal to collect every penny in taxes from their starving constituents, or they prepared for a spell in Brixton or Holloway prison.
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