Baldwin as PM
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- Stanley Baldwin as PM
- POSITIVES
- He was respected by everyone and was liked on all sides of the House of Commons
- He had very few political enemies
- NEGATIVES
- He wanted to introduce protectionism to help relieve unemployment,but Bonar Law had told him that he would not be able to do this without first colsulting the electorate. A general election was called.
- Unemployment = intractable million ( 10% on the insured workforce was on the dole in 1923
- It wasn't necessary to call an election as the Conservatives had a comfortable majority
- Perhaps he did it because he was seeking a personal mandate to carry on so that he could reinforce his dominance of the party
- He wanted to introduce protectionism to help relieve unemployment,but Bonar Law had told him that he would not be able to do this without first colsulting the electorate. A general election was called.
- Election results of 6 December 1923. The Conservatives won about the same number of seats as they did in the previous election, but they secured significantly fewer seats
- Why? The Liberals were now united
- It was a 'hung parliament' and Baldwin was forced to resign
- The King called on the leader of the second largest party to try to form a government: Ramsay MacDonald - the Labour party
- POSITIVES
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