The Success of the Liberals from 1906-1914 in Dealing with Domestic Problems The liberals winning the 1906 landslide election certainly signified a dramatic change for the working class people of Britain, as compared with the traditional ‘lassiez Faire’ and ‘self help’ policies that Conservative leaders such as Gladstone advocated, the Liberals symbolised ‘freedom’ for the people. However, despite this image, in order to assess the success of the party’s dealing with their problems, the real impact on ordinary ‘domestic’ life needs to be taken into consideration. Indeed, the Liberal’s dealings had essentially unprecedented effects and made a dramatic difference to general political views and some citizens’ lives. Their revolutionary reforms and their handling of The House of Lords could be considered as their greatest successes as in the long-term, their actions helped improve welfare and gave working class interests more of an opportunity of passing through Parliament. However, the Liberals were very slow and inefficient in their dealings with the suffragettes and industrial militancy as these issues were simply not a priority for them. Although their actions could be viewed as quite radical for the time, ultimately, their main concern seemed to be the Constitutional Crisis, which was successful in improving democracy but considering the party advocated the need to ‘free’ the people, the Liberals could have done more to address the causes of industrial unrest and ensured that more people were covered by the social reforms. The major concerns the Liberals had to deal with at this time included anxiety over poverty, a rise in i... ... middle of paper ... ... difficulties faced by the Liberals during this period, the party did make some dramatic change that certainly transformed the political and social situation. On the whole, although some Acts were restrictive, the reforms passed offered almost instantaneous benefits compared with the lack of government intervention when the Liberals first came to power. Although many workers weren’t interested in the Parliament Act, it was advantageous the working class in the long-term as it meant more reforms helping them could be passed. However, the Liberals seem less successful with their dealings of the Suffragettes and Industrial Militancy and given the relatively large amount of time and effort spent on the Constitutional Crisis, more could have been done to directly help working-class citizens involved with these issues.
It could be argued that Gladstone’s failure to unite his party, during a time when their ultimate support and confidence in his leadership was crucial, was a significant tactical error that contributed heavily towards the failure of the 1886 Home Rule Bill. The results of the 1885 general election were to have a significant impact on the political landscape of Britain; despite winning the most seats, the Liberals did not have an overall majority.As Parnell and the Irish Parliamentry Party (IPP) held the balance...
Assess the Claim that the Labour Governments of 1924 and 1929-31 Were Unable to Achieve Anything
Organized labour thereafter was hostile towards the Conservatives, particularly Meighen and Robertson, for their forcefull role in putting down the strike. Combined with high tariffs in the federal budget passed in the same year which farmers disliked, this contributed to the Conservatives' heavy defeat in the 1921 election. Succeeding Liberal government, made sure that the Winnipeg General Strike resulted in much improved working conditions for millions of Canadians. Liberal government under the young leader William Lyon Mackenzie King.
The Liberal victory in General Election of 1906 has gone down in History for being one of the biggest landslides in modern UK politics, but it can be argued that it was more of a Conservative loss than a Liberal gain.
Tom Gatenby To what extent did the Conservatives lose the election rather than the Liberals win the election? “The election of 1906 was a significant watershed in the political history of Britain” Kenneth Owen Fox The election of 1906 was a landside victory for the Liberal Party. This is due to many factors, it could been influenced by the manifesto of the Liberal Party, or perhaps even more strongly the failure of the Conservative Party to unify on such reforms as the Tariff Reform. The lack of a strong unified Conservative government clearly had a large effect upon the outcome of the 1906 election, to what extent this is true will be explained in the essay.
To continue, more political parties were formed/emerged in the 1930’s due to the increased anger of the public with the Liberal...
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