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Liberal Party Decline – Was it due to the First World War?  

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10th October 04 A2 History Liberal Party Decline - Was it due to the First World War? The Liberal Party won the 1906 election by a landslide victory and accomplished much to improve the living and working conditions within England. Shortly after the First World War had passed the Liberal Party's support declined greatly, but why? Dangerfield believed that the state of the Liberal Party was that they were doomed to fail prior to the outbreak of war in 1914. Despite the Liberal Party's many remarkable achievements since their landslide victory in 1906, they were also plagued with many problems. For instance the: Constitutional Crisis; challenges from the Labour Party; increasing communist ideas; Trade Unions; Ireland and the Suffragette movement. These were all problems the Liberal Party had to face and combined meant national support for the Liberal was severely hindered. Dangerfield argues that it was not the war years that...

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