Public Opinion in 1930s
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- Created on: 01-05-15 12:13
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- Public Opinion in the 1930s
- 'Ghost of WW1'
- Many civilians and politicians lost relatives
- 1935 Election - Baldwin spoke of peace and prosperity
- Strong pacifist movement
- Peace = recovery of trade and economy
- East Fulham By-Election (September 1933) - Labour won by 5,000 votes
- 1931 - League of Nations Union had 400,000 members
- February 1933 - Oxford Union - 'this house will not stand for King and country' - 257:153 votes
- 1936 - Peace Pledge Union had 100,000 renunciations of war from young men
- Public opinion can be fickle, therefore the government doesn't always listen:
- Abyssinian Crisis 1935-6: Public wanted government to stop Italy
- Spanish civil War (1936-9): public eanted government to help republicans
- Guernica (1937) 'the bomber will always get through'
- Peace Ballot 1935 - 90% for international reduction of arms _ ban on production
- 'Ghost of WW1'
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