The Liberal landslide 1906
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- Reasons for the Liberal Landslide
- The Boer War
- Very expensive in both lives and money
- The war had been helpful for the Conservatives to win in 1900 but they were now tied to a disliked war
- Methods used to defeat the Boers were controversial
- Women and children of Boer soldiers were put into concentration camps
- Exposed malnutrition of British public
- Nearly 1/3 of volunteers were rejected on medical grounds
- Shows failure of Conservative government
- Very expensive in both lives and money
- 1902 education Act
- All schools would now be founded by local rates (taxes)
- Unliked by non-conformists who did not want to pay for Church of England and Catholic schools
- Turn from the Conservatives to the Liberals
- Unliked by non-conformists who did not want to pay for Church of England and Catholic schools
- Before 1902, religious schools had been funded by churches
- Creates standardised education system
- All schools would now be founded by local rates (taxes)
- 1904 Licensing Act
- Publicans would receive compensation for lost licenses
- Aimed to remove the amount of pubs
- Infuriates Non-conformists
- People were being rewarded
- Chinese Labour Issues
- Chinese immigrants were being brought to South Africa to work as cheap labour
- Moral outcry from non-conformists
- Upsets trade unions
- Fear of this cheap labour coming to Britain and lowering wages whilst unemployment was already high
- Chinese immigrants were being brought to South Africa to work as cheap labour
- Taft Vale
- House of Lords say companies have the legal right to sue strikers for loss of profits during strikes
- Results in any strike action becoming ineffective
- Reduced support of the working man for conservatives and increased the appeal to Labour
- It was a 1901 dispute between a trade union and a Welsh Railway company
- The workers went on strike but afterwards the company wanted compensation for their lost profits
- House of Lords say companies have the legal right to sue strikers for loss of profits during strikes
- Neglect of Social Reform
- New liberalism favoured as it proposed increasing a minimum standard for living
- Education Act had been controversial and aided the Liberals
- poverty had been exposed by Boer wars
- Tariff Reform
- Chamberlain thought it would….
- Bring revenue for reforms
- Increase British strength
- Meant some influential Conservatives went to Liberals
- Winston Churchill
- Proposed to introduce lower tariffs on goods from the empire (imperial preference)
- Free trade is a key Liberal idea
- Chamberlain thought it would….
- Failures of Conservative leadership
- Disregarded public opinion
- Balfour lacks political skill
- Didn’t need to call an election in 1906
- Failed to see the public anger over the Taff Vale dispute and Chinese labour
- Lib-Lab pact 1903
- Helped to prevent an anti-conservative deadlock
- Labour candidates would not run against Liberal candidates in 30 constituencies
- Labour gained 27 seats in the election
- The power of the Labour Party was increasing
- Won Bernard castle against a sitting Liberal!
- Labour candidates would not run against Liberal candidates in 30 constituencies
- Helped to prevent an anti-conservative deadlock
- The Boer War
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