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"How far do you agree with Dangerfield's Theory of the state of the Liberal Party before 1914?  

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"How far do you agree with Dangerfield's Theory of the state of the Liberal Party before 1914? Dangerfield's theory of the state of the Liberal Party was that they doomed to fail prior to the outbreak of war in 1914. Despite the Liberal Party's many remarkable victories since their landslide victory in 1906, they were also plagued with many problems. The Constitutional Crisis, challenges from the Labour Party, increasing syndacalistic ideas and Trade Unions, Ireland and the Suffragette movement- were all problems the Liberal Party had to face. All these factors contributed meant that their support was badly damaged. Dangerfield argues that it was not the war years that caused the failure of the Liberal Government but that the damage was caused long before 1914. He argues that before the outbreak of war they were already deceased. However there are many criticisms of Dangerfield's ideas and many believe that he...

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