They were to renounce vanguardism and see the Russian Revolution as a danger that in weakening the United Kingdom's war effort.
Other supporters joined the British Workers League, formed in March 1916, which in turn became part of the pro-coalition National Democratic and Labour Party, in May 1918.
Milner's strong position on conscription brought him into contact with Victor Fisher, through R. MacLeod, the Secretary of the National Service League.
[3] Through talks, Fisher decided to take up an, 'imperial labor' platform, based on Lord Milner's book, The Nation and the Empire.
[4] After a name change, on 17 March 1916 The British Workers National League published its manifesto in the Clarion, on 25 August Fisher published the first edition of its weekly newspaper, The British Citizen and Empire Worker, and by the end of the year the league claimed to have 70 branches throughout the country.