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Mumby - The Lincolnshire Poacher II
1916-1924: David Lloyd George (Coalition Liberal)
1919 (Coalition with Conservatives, and National Democratic and Labour Party) def. Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative), William Adamson (Labour), Eamon de Valera (Sinn Fein), Henry Page Croft (National), various (Silver Badge), H.H. Asquith (Liberal), George Nicoll Barnes (National Democratic and Labour), Christopher Turnor (Rural), Christabel Pankhurst (Womens'), Tom Bell (Socialist Labour)
1924-1927: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative)
1924 (Coalition with National Democrats) def. Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Henry Page Croft (National), Havelock Wilson (National Democrat), H.H. Asquith (Liberal), Herbert Matthews (Rural), Frederick Lister (Silver Badge), Tom Mitchell (Socialist Labour)
1927-1932: Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
1928 (Coalition with Nationals and 'Left' National Democrats) def. Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Leo Amery (National), Rhys Hopkins Morris (Liberal / 'Right' National Democrat), Christopher Turnor ('Left' National Democrat), Tom Bell (Socialist Labour), C.H. Hoare (Rural)
1932-1937: Leo Amery (National)
1932 (Coalition with Conservatives and National Democrats) def. Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Noel Skelton (Conservative), Christopher Turnor (National Democrat), Tudor Rees (Liberal), Harry Pollitt (Socialist Labour), various (Workers of Britain)
Okay so, WW1 ended badly for everybody, and while the Coupon works, Labour wins over 100 seats, and the rest of the Opposition is madly fragmented. This means the fragile majority the Coupon holds actually works fairly effectively. The Conservatives never break the pact, while Lloyd George merges his party with Nicoll Barnes' Labour split off, as part of a plan to create a dominant Centre Party. It never quite works as he is pressure out of power by his own party as revelations of his corruption emerge. Austen Chamberlain wins a second equally narrow majority for the Coupon in 1924, but the Opposition is coalescing now. The Silver Badge haemorrhages seats, while Women's disappear entirely.
The government is brought down over the General Strike which splits the the National Democrats and the Ruralists. The Left National Democrats absorb much of the pro-strike Ruralists and in 1928, the Labour Party forms a coalition with fellow radicals in the National Party and the Left National Democrats.
MacDonald is turfed out by the National Party who force the country to a general election which secures them as the largest party. They form a coalition with the Conservatives, who absorbed the last of the Ruralists, and the National Democrats. Meanwhile the pro-Moscow Socialist Labour Party grows somewhat, though they are suffering as the fragmented syndicalist/DeLeonist party, Workers of Britain emerges. It's heartland is in Lincolnshire though they have spread their success to neighbouring Norfolk...
LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER II: THE NATIONAL SITUATION
1916-1924: David Lloyd George (Coalition Liberal)
1919 (Coalition with Conservatives, and National Democratic and Labour Party) def. Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative), William Adamson (Labour), Eamon de Valera (Sinn Fein), Henry Page Croft (National), various (Silver Badge), H.H. Asquith (Liberal), George Nicoll Barnes (National Democratic and Labour), Christopher Turnor (Rural), Christabel Pankhurst (Womens'), Tom Bell (Socialist Labour)
1924-1927: Austen Chamberlain (Conservative)
1924 (Coalition with National Democrats) def. Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Henry Page Croft (National), Havelock Wilson (National Democrat), H.H. Asquith (Liberal), Herbert Matthews (Rural), Frederick Lister (Silver Badge), Tom Mitchell (Socialist Labour)
1927-1932: Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
1928 (Coalition with Nationals and 'Left' National Democrats) def. Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Leo Amery (National), Rhys Hopkins Morris (Liberal / 'Right' National Democrat), Christopher Turnor ('Left' National Democrat), Tom Bell (Socialist Labour), C.H. Hoare (Rural)
1932-1937: Leo Amery (National)
1932 (Coalition with Conservatives and National Democrats) def. Ramsay MacDonald (Labour), Noel Skelton (Conservative), Christopher Turnor (National Democrat), Tudor Rees (Liberal), Harry Pollitt (Socialist Labour), various (Workers of Britain)
Okay so, WW1 ended badly for everybody, and while the Coupon works, Labour wins over 100 seats, and the rest of the Opposition is madly fragmented. This means the fragile majority the Coupon holds actually works fairly effectively. The Conservatives never break the pact, while Lloyd George merges his party with Nicoll Barnes' Labour split off, as part of a plan to create a dominant Centre Party. It never quite works as he is pressure out of power by his own party as revelations of his corruption emerge. Austen Chamberlain wins a second equally narrow majority for the Coupon in 1924, but the Opposition is coalescing now. The Silver Badge haemorrhages seats, while Women's disappear entirely.
The government is brought down over the General Strike which splits the the National Democrats and the Ruralists. The Left National Democrats absorb much of the pro-strike Ruralists and in 1928, the Labour Party forms a coalition with fellow radicals in the National Party and the Left National Democrats.
MacDonald is turfed out by the National Party who force the country to a general election which secures them as the largest party. They form a coalition with the Conservatives, who absorbed the last of the Ruralists, and the National Democrats. Meanwhile the pro-Moscow Socialist Labour Party grows somewhat, though they are suffering as the fragmented syndicalist/DeLeonist party, Workers of Britain emerges. It's heartland is in Lincolnshire though they have spread their success to neighbouring Norfolk...
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