Changing party fortunes 1918-31 Flashcards

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Labour

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Nov 1922 won 142 seats - supplanted Liberals as official opposition.

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Liberals

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Dramatic decline (arguably pre WW1) - never again took power.
Never recovered from party splits - DLG or Asquith.

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Conservatives

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Natural party of government - flexible, embraced all groups.
1920s ‘Safety First’ approach - Stanley Baldwin, 1926 General Strike.

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January - October 1924

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Labour minority government.
Difficult to break from perception of representing the WC - TUC.
March 1924 transport workers’ strike - Ramsay MacDonald declared state of emergency, many trade unionists felt betrayed.

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1929-31

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Labour minority government - dominated by economic crisis.
Unemployment doubled, foreign investors lost confidence.
1931 MacDonald entered Conservative coalition - split the party.

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