Could the White-Majority Colonies have stayed part of Britain?

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London then, you admit, is the linchpin here, and no one there really had the desire to implement such a travesty.

To name one would be Joseph Chamberlain the Colonial Secretary and second most powerful man in government (some would say the first).
He happened to have a stroke that ended his career in 1906.
Without him pushing things along Balfour was less radical plus he lacked a majority because mainly of the Irish Home Rule MP's which an Imperial Federation would have removed.
The opportune time to enact this would have been 1904 or 1905 before the 1906 election when the majority was lost.
 
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