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The Campbell Case of 1924 was instrumental in bringing down the first Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald. The case revolved around John Ross Campbell who, as the acting editor of the Communist Workers Weekly published an article calling on troops not to attack fellow workers "either in the class war or a military war". Following this, the Attorney General for England and Wales Sir Patrick Hastings began a prosecution for sedition under the Mutiny Act 1792 against Campbell, however the government quickly forced the charges to be withdrawn. Along with allegations of pro-Soviet activity this allowed the Liberals and the Conservatives to brand Labour as under the control of radical left wing groups and following this the two parties united to pass a vote of no confidence against the government. As such the 1924 General Election, which Labour subsequently lost, was called.
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