The Decline of the Liberal Party
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- The Decline of the Liberal Party
- Coalition
- Liberals were traditionally pacifist, They had to accept help from Conservatives and form a coalition to stay in power.
- Lloyd George took over, which exposed Asquith as a bad leader
- H. H. Asquith
- Not a good wartime PM
- H. H. Asquith
- Lloyd George took over, which exposed Asquith as a bad leader
- Made the Liberals seem weak
- Working with Conservatives allowed them to dump Lloyd George
- Liberals were traditionally pacifist, They had to accept help from Conservatives and form a coalition to stay in power.
- Split
- The Liberals had divided over tensions between Lloyd George and Asquith
- David Lloyd George
- The Liberal Leader had been involved in scandals, like affairs with his secretary and selling honours
- Lloyd George was dropped from government in 1922, by the Conservatives
- Winston Churchill
- One of Liberal's most prominent politicians, deserted the party in 1922 to rejoin the conservatives
- H. H. Asquith
- Not a good wartime PM
- WWI
- Liberals were traditionally pacifist, They had to accept help from Conservatives and form a coalition to stay in power.
- Lloyd George took over, which exposed Asquith as a bad leader
- Lloyd George took over, which exposed Asquith as a bad leader
- 1915 Shell Crisis
- Coalition
- Made the Liberals seem weak
- Working with Conservatives allowed them to dump Lloyd George
- Coalition
- 1915 Dardenelles Campaign
- Winston Churchill
- One of Liberal's most prominent politicians, deserted the party in 1922 to rejoin the conservatives
- Winston Churchill
- 1916 Shortage of Soldiers (conscription)
- Split
- The Liberals had divided over tensions between Lloyd George and Asquith
- David Lloyd George
- The Liberal Leader had been involved in scandals, like affairs with his secretary and selling honours
- Lloyd George was dropped from government in 1922, by the Conservatives
- Split
- 1916 Battle of the Somme
- Asquith's son was killed
- Liberals were traditionally pacifist, They had to accept help from Conservatives and form a coalition to stay in power.
- Coalition
- 1915 Shell Crisis
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