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Why were Labour able to gain power but not keep it between 1918 and 1939?
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Why were Labour able to gain power but not keep it between 1918 and 1939? In 1918 as World War One reached its climax the prime minister, David Lloyd George, led his Liberals into an easy election victory. The coalition government had worked well; he was popular amongst the newly enfranchised working class due to his background and as such rushed through a 'khaki' election. However another party benefited from this khaki election: the Labour party. The war years had been beneficial to them, it had given them their first real opportunity to fully practice in a government. Unfortunately they were not yet of sufficient stature or support to themselves run the government. After the war had ended, Lloyd George had had many difficulties demobilising the British troops, as well as coping with the recession of the early twenties and the many social problems in Britain which had been neglected during war. ...
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