Politics Flashcards
How many knighthoods and peerages were sold 1922?
1500 Knighthoods
100 Peerages
Claimed he was no friend to the house of lords so bad
How did the Conservatives rebrand 1920s?
For the MC and WC who wanted to better themselves
Why were the liberal split?
Half wanted to create a centre party with the conservatives (Lloyd George)
lib-cons won landslide 1918
Where did the conservatives meet 1922 to vote against the coalition?
Carlton club
How many MPs were the liberals reduced to 1922
53
Why did Macdonald not raise taxes?
He did to want to be seen as radical socialists by MC
Also wasn’t radical because needed the support of Liberals
What the only act passed by Labour 1924?
1924 housing act (increased money for low income homes)
Why was there a motion of no confidence against Macdonald 1924?
Attorney general Patrick Hastings dropped charges against socialist newspaper the workers weekly for incitement to mutiny by John Cambell
Didn’t help he had been trying to ease tension with soviets.
What as the Zinoviev letter?
Fake letter released saying a communist party in uk was planning to overthrow gov
What was Stanley’s view on class?
Thought class war was damaging so discouraged cons criticising LBP as communists
What led to Baldwin needing to change industrial relations laws?
1926 general strike
What did Baldwin do to reduce union power 1927?
1927 amendment to 1906 trade dispute act
outlawed general strikes and sympathetic strikes
Made TU members have to opt in to pay political levy for LP lost 35% of funding
What acts were passed under Macdonald 1929-31?
1930 housing act 750,000 slum houses replaced with modern homes by 31
Coal mines act 1930 tried to ensure better pay + pits(weak legislation)
Public work schemes created under amendment to unemployment insurance act
What was the economic blizzard?
1931- may report
rumours of unbalanced budget so gov began borrowing more
US banks start panic selling currency, value slumps
How did the 1931 gov (LBP) respond to economic blizzard?
Either iintroduce tariffs or 20% cut unemployment benefits. They cut unemployment insurance 10% (caused hardship)
Led to LBP resignation
Why did votes for LBP lessen during election for NG?
People thought they were puttinng their own interests above nations.
Painted as ‘running away’ from difficult decisions by Conservatives.
Seen to be rejecting NG
How did the NG respond to 30s depression?
Public sector pay cuts by 10%
Reaction was mutiny in Royal Navy (Invergordon)
also limited number of tariffs
Why did the economy recover by 1933?
Due to low interest rates
Ending of the gold standard
How many members did the BUOF have 1934?
Oswald Moseley
50,000 members
But fell apart when ‘Biff’ boys discovered who were tasked to attack opponents.
Communist had 9000
What caused growing extreme political ideas in the thirties?
the growing depression as people thought democracy would not solve it.
What did the BUOF cause from GOV?
Public orders act 1936
Banned uniform and made demonstrations need permission
What did people join for disarmament?
Peace Pledge union
League of nations
from those who remembered the war
What led to rearment 1934?
navy expanded…
Germany leaving the World disarmament conference in 1933
they wanted equal arment
What made Attlee’s collective security less possible?
Hitler breaking Treaty of Versailles 1936 (Rhineland)
Split over rearmament or disarmament as left labour thought it made it more likely
What led to Chamberlains resignation?
Hitler invading poland led to war.
Chamberlain’s failed expenditure to help save Norway 1940
What did Churchill do during his premiership?
Included labour
‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’ speech
25th may Halifax offered settlement deal for Germany but Churchill said we would be a ‘slave state’
What was the consensus on?
Full employment
A mixed economy (heavy industry under state)
Welfare state + NHS
Good co-operation between GOV and TU
