Thomas1195
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As you know, in 1910, the House of Lords rejecting the People's Budget. The King, egged on by the Tories and the Lords themselves, refuses. The Liberals, with support from Labour and from the Irish Nationalists, declared a British Republic while the latter forced the Liberals to declare Home Rule for Ireland within that Republic. Asquith was unexpectedly successful at overthrowing the Monarchy and purged the Tories, effectively created a Liberal-Labour two-party system.
But what if the King backed down and accepted Asquith's demand?
How would this affect Britain in the long run? We know that British Republic did achieve huge progress, with its socio-economic development being unsurpassed in Europe by 1930s (e.g. universal healthcare introduced in 1935). Diplomatically, they also became much closer to the US and managed to pull them into the Entente in mid-1916. Would the United Kingdom be able to achieve such progress like it did under the Republic?
But what if the King backed down and accepted Asquith's demand?
How would this affect Britain in the long run? We know that British Republic did achieve huge progress, with its socio-economic development being unsurpassed in Europe by 1930s (e.g. universal healthcare introduced in 1935). Diplomatically, they also became much closer to the US and managed to pull them into the Entente in mid-1916. Would the United Kingdom be able to achieve such progress like it did under the Republic?