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Cevolian - Fight and Be Wrong (Or the Quite Death of Conservative Unionism)
1874-1884: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
1874: (Majority) Def: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal), Isaac Butt (Home Rule League)
1880: (Coalition with Home Rule League) Def: Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (Liberal)
1884-1886: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal-Unionist Conservative Coalition)
1886-1898: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal)
1886: (Coalition with Unionist Conservatives) Def: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative), Charles Stewart Parnell (Nationalist), Charles Dilke (Radical and Liberal)
1898-1904: Randolph Churchill (Conservative)
1898: (Minority Coalition with Radicals and Liberals with "Home Rule" Nationalist and SDF Confidence and Supply) Def: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal), Charles Stewart Parnell (Nationalist)
1904-1905: Herbert Asquith (Liberal)
1904: (Minority Coalition with Unionist Conservatives with Socialist Labour Confidence and Supply) Def: Randolph Churchill (Conservative/Radical and Liberal), John Redmond ("Mainstream" Nationalist), Various ("Moderate" Nationalists), Various ("Radical" Nationalists)
1907-1908: Edward Gray (Liberal leading Minority Coalition with Unionist Conservatives)
1908-1912: Edward Gray (Liberal)
1908: (Coalition with Unionist Conservatives) Def: Randolph Churchill (Conservative and Radical/SDF), George Bernard Shaw (Irish Natoonal League), John Redmond (National), Ramsay MacDonald (Socialist Labour), Various ("Independent" Home Rule)
1912-1913: Edward Gray (Liberal Unionist)
1912: (Majority) Def: Austen Chamberlain (Radical Democratic), George Bernard Shaw (Rally for an Independent Ireland), Ramsay MacDonald (Socialist Labour)
1913-1915: Reginald McKenna (Liberal Unionist Majority)
1915-1924: John Simon (Liberal Unionist)
1916: (Majority) Def: David Lloyd-George (Radical Democratic), George Bernard Shaw (Rally for an Independent Ireland)
1920: (Minority with Irish Unionist Confidence and Supply) Def: David Lloyd-George (People's), [various "True" Conservatives]
1924: (Majority) Def: Robert Blatchford (People's), Edward Carson (Irish Unionist), Arthur Balfour ("Diehard" Conservative), Arthur Henderson (Socialist Labour)
1924-1929: Francis Wrigley-Hirst (Liberal Unionist Majority)
1929-19---: Robert Blatchford (People's)
1929: (Majority) Def: Francis Wrigely-Hirst (Liberal), Edward Carson (National Unionist), Richard Verney (Reactionary), Harry Pollit (Socialist Labour)
The basic idea is that the Tories keep up their oact with the Home Rule League, eventually leading to a split party. Churchill then forms his "Tory Democrat" party with a mixture of radicals and left wingers as well as One Nation conservatives. This veer to he left keeps the Liberals in power until the late 1920s when Irish independence and the rise of two new radical parties on the right allow the socially conservative, economically populist, "Peoples' Party" to win a narrow majority.
FIGHT AND BE WRONG;
Or The Quiet Death of Conservative Unionism
Or The Quiet Death of Conservative Unionism
1874-1884: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
1874: (Majority) Def: William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal), Isaac Butt (Home Rule League)
1880: (Coalition with Home Rule League) Def: Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (Liberal)
1884-1886: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal-Unionist Conservative Coalition)
1886-1898: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal)
1886: (Coalition with Unionist Conservatives) Def: Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative), Charles Stewart Parnell (Nationalist), Charles Dilke (Radical and Liberal)
1898-1904: Randolph Churchill (Conservative)
1898: (Minority Coalition with Radicals and Liberals with "Home Rule" Nationalist and SDF Confidence and Supply) Def: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry (Liberal), Charles Stewart Parnell (Nationalist)
1904-1905: Herbert Asquith (Liberal)
1904: (Minority Coalition with Unionist Conservatives with Socialist Labour Confidence and Supply) Def: Randolph Churchill (Conservative/Radical and Liberal), John Redmond ("Mainstream" Nationalist), Various ("Moderate" Nationalists), Various ("Radical" Nationalists)
1907-1908: Edward Gray (Liberal leading Minority Coalition with Unionist Conservatives)
1908-1912: Edward Gray (Liberal)
1908: (Coalition with Unionist Conservatives) Def: Randolph Churchill (Conservative and Radical/SDF), George Bernard Shaw (Irish Natoonal League), John Redmond (National), Ramsay MacDonald (Socialist Labour), Various ("Independent" Home Rule)
1912-1913: Edward Gray (Liberal Unionist)
1912: (Majority) Def: Austen Chamberlain (Radical Democratic), George Bernard Shaw (Rally for an Independent Ireland), Ramsay MacDonald (Socialist Labour)
1913-1915: Reginald McKenna (Liberal Unionist Majority)
1915-1924: John Simon (Liberal Unionist)
1916: (Majority) Def: David Lloyd-George (Radical Democratic), George Bernard Shaw (Rally for an Independent Ireland)
1920: (Minority with Irish Unionist Confidence and Supply) Def: David Lloyd-George (People's), [various "True" Conservatives]
1924: (Majority) Def: Robert Blatchford (People's), Edward Carson (Irish Unionist), Arthur Balfour ("Diehard" Conservative), Arthur Henderson (Socialist Labour)
1924-1929: Francis Wrigley-Hirst (Liberal Unionist Majority)
1929-19---: Robert Blatchford (People's)
1929: (Majority) Def: Francis Wrigely-Hirst (Liberal), Edward Carson (National Unionist), Richard Verney (Reactionary), Harry Pollit (Socialist Labour)
The basic idea is that the Tories keep up their oact with the Home Rule League, eventually leading to a split party. Churchill then forms his "Tory Democrat" party with a mixture of radicals and left wingers as well as One Nation conservatives. This veer to he left keeps the Liberals in power until the late 1920s when Irish independence and the rise of two new radical parties on the right allow the socially conservative, economically populist, "Peoples' Party" to win a narrow majority.
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