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WW1 statistics

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£8 billion war debt
700,000 dead
1.4 million wounded

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Coupon election 1918

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coalition 478 seats

asquith 28 seats

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Chanak Affair 1922

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LG threatened Turkey with war without common wealth consent

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Irish Settlement 1922

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LG wanted to split Ireland, threatened war to get his way

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Unemployment insurance act 1921

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Dole expanded

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Addison housing act 1919

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promised 500,000 homes

only delivered 213,000

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Gender disqualification act 1919

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illegal to bar women from jobs

people still did

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Agricultural act 1920

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wanted to stabilise wages for farmers

wages fell from 46 shilling to 36 shilling

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Unemployment June 1921

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2 million

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LG resigns

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October 1922 - bonar law takes over

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1922 election

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Cons 37%

Labour 29.4%

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Bonar law administration

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Poor USA relation, occupation of Ruhr
Dies April 1923, no successor names
king asks baldwin

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1923 election

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Cons 258 seats, lost seats due to liberals uniting
Labour 191 seats
Hung parliament, Baldwin resigned

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Labour 1st Term

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lasted 11 months
Dawes plan 1924
£30 million loan to Russia

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JP Campbell and Zinoviev letter

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interfering in case, inquiry held, labour lost and resigned

letter published in daily mail calling for revolution loosing labour support

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1924 election

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Cons 419 seats

Labour 151 seats

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Baldwin second term 1925-29

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first full term since war

locarno treaty 1926

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General Strike 1926

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return to gold standard made exports expensive, hurt trade industry
£23 million to prop wages 31st July 1925
Samuel Commission April 1926 - not satisfied
May 3rd 1926 general strike 9 days
Gov lost £433 million

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Trade Disputes act 1927

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Banned strike action

20
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Baldwin Legislation

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Pensions act 1925
Unemployment act 1925 - 16 week cap removed
Central electricity board 1926 - creation of national grid
Representation of peoples expansion 1928 - women over 21 vote
Local government act 1929 - local council more control

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1929 election

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Cons 38% vote 260 seats

Labour 37% 288 seats

22
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2nd labour government

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Had to rely on Liberals

Coal mines act 1930 - fixed wages, reduced hours

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The Great Depression

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October 29th 1929
£100 million loan
Labour didnt have experience

24
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May report July 1931

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George May 
10% wage cuts 
means test on dole
benefits cut
vote 11/9 party split, MacDonald hands in resignation
25
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1932 unemployment rates

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3 million

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1931 election

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National government wins 90% of seats

27
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National government leadership

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Macdonald 1931-1935
Baldwin 1935- 37
Chamberlain 1937
Cons used Macdonald as a puppet and dominated in backround

28
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How did Britain improve exports

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Devalued the currency by leaving the gold standard in 1931

29
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How did National government enforce economic policy

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interest rate cut from 6% in 1931 to 2% in 1932

1932 import duties bill - 10% tariff on imports

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Special areas act

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£2 million for worst parts of country
44k workers to move, 30k to go in training
not much achieved

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Abdication crisis

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Jan 1936 Edward 8th becomes king
hated due to nazi affiliation and gayness
Edward chooses Wallis Simpson over crown dec 1936

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Liberal opposition

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majorly split and faded out of politics

33
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Labour opposition

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lansbury takes over

1935 - most percentage of voters ever 154 seats

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BUF

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1932 Mosely 
20k to 50k members
1934 long knives lost support
got 18% of vote in London 
leaders arrested due to war
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Communists

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1920 created to co-op with Labour
helped by depression
faded in 1939
depression = 6000 members but only 75000 votes

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Unemployed workers union

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Wal Hannington
wanted to remove means test
1932 18 hunger marches with 2k people
faded due to recovery

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