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"The first World War killed the Liberal Party" how far do you agree with this statement?
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"The first World War killed the Liberal Party" how far do you agree with this statement? After the end of World War One, the Liberal party was divided and support had dramatically decreased since the landslide election victory just little more than ten years previous. The party was destined to become a third party and has never formed its own government in Britain since to date. Sometime between the period of 1906 and the end of the war, something happened which lost the Liberal's their support. In this essay, the opinion that the First World War killed the party shall be examined. Liberal ideology is that which is very much against war. Traditionally Liberal Government would back away from military conflict in the favour of more peaceful methods to negotiate peace. Therefore, when in 1914 the Liberals under Prime Minister Asquith lead Britain into war on August 3rd 1914, Britain immediately...
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