Not a Welsh Wizard, but a Grey One
1908: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1910 (Jan): Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1910 (Dec): Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1914: Edward Grey (Liberal) [1]
1918: Edward Grey (Liberal-Labour Coalition) [2]
1920: George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (Conservative-National Liberal Coalition) [3]
1925: Ramsay MacDonald (Labour-IPP coalition) [4]
1927: Philip Snowden (Labour-IPP coalition) [5]
1930: Philip Snowden (Labour-Liberal coalition) [6]
1933: Oswald Mosley (Labour minority) [7]
[1] During a misjudged attempt at crossing the road, Asquith is clipped by a passing motorcar and suffers severe internal bleeding as three ribs are snapped. He resigns within a day and dies within the month. The hunt for his successor does not last long, and on 23 April 1914, Edward Grey kisses hands and becomes Prime Minister.
[2] As a result of the Home Rule Act, a civil war erupts in Ireland. Grey is helpless to intervene after the British Army mutinies. On the other hand, the government consolidates and extends welfare legislation at home, whilst the Conservatives remained divided over tariffs. A hung parliament in the 1918 election results in a Liberal-Labour coalition.
[3] The Conservatives easily win the 1920 election, which erupts after the deep divisions within the coalition over Labour's constitutional pledge to nationalise all means of production leads many prominent Liberals lead by Winston Churchill to cross the floor to sit as National Liberals. Both the Labour Party and the Liberal Party's votes fall drastically, with Labour voters disillusion with the moderation of the party of Keir Hardie and Liberal voters angered by the party of Gladstone going into open coalition with the socialists. Lord Curzon appoints Winston Churchill Home Secretary. Out on the continent, the Kaiser, whose aggressive foreign policy has been pushing the European peninsula towards war for over two decades, dies in a hunting accident in 1922. Wilhelm III is crowned Kaiser in Berlin.
[4] The Conservative Goverment was fatally wounded by the Vienna Telegram scandal, whereby they were was evidence found of discussions between the British, German and Austro-Hungarian governments over possible British neutrality if a war were to occur in the Balkans. As the Liberals were hopelessly divided, Labour come to power, one seat short of a majority, forming a coalition with the IPP.
[5] A formal opening of the Estuary Line on the London Underground turns to disaster when MacDonald is struck by the first train to pass through the platform. Labour quickly determine that Snowden, MacDonald's ally in Number 11 Downing Street, is the best choice for a successor. The IPP, too, are happy with Snowden.
[6] Inspired by the moderation of the labour movement in Scandinavia away from rigid Marxism, Philip Snowden pushes for the Labour Party to remove Clause IV, in order to strengthen their position as a credible party in government. Though it persuads the reunited Liberals under David Lloyd George that they can now cooperate with the Labour Party, many within the Labour Party is disillusioned by Snowden's move to the right, forming the Socialist Labour Party, committed to thorough nationalisation. After the 1930 election, Philip Snowden formally enters a coalition with the Liberals with Lloyd George as Deputy PM and Foreign Secretary. Debates commence in the House of Commons over electoral reform.
[7] Snowden resigns as leader of the Labour Party after a sensational conference, during which he fails to convince the party to agree to co-operating with the Liberals on the Representation of the People Bill, being narrowly defeated on the conference floor. Oswald Mosley, the leading light in the party since the defection of many of the 'Clause IV Martyrs', assumes the leadership, tries to save the Coalition but to no avail, and pledges to call an election within 12 months.
1908: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1910 (Jan): Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1910 (Dec): Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)
1914: Edward Grey (Liberal) [1]
1918: Edward Grey (Liberal-Labour Coalition) [2]
1920: George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (Conservative-National Liberal Coalition) [3]
1925: Ramsay MacDonald (Labour-IPP coalition) [4]
1927: Philip Snowden (Labour-IPP coalition) [5]
1930: Philip Snowden (Labour-Liberal coalition) [6]
1933: Oswald Mosley (Labour minority) [7]
[1] During a misjudged attempt at crossing the road, Asquith is clipped by a passing motorcar and suffers severe internal bleeding as three ribs are snapped. He resigns within a day and dies within the month. The hunt for his successor does not last long, and on 23 April 1914, Edward Grey kisses hands and becomes Prime Minister.
[2] As a result of the Home Rule Act, a civil war erupts in Ireland. Grey is helpless to intervene after the British Army mutinies. On the other hand, the government consolidates and extends welfare legislation at home, whilst the Conservatives remained divided over tariffs. A hung parliament in the 1918 election results in a Liberal-Labour coalition.
[3] The Conservatives easily win the 1920 election, which erupts after the deep divisions within the coalition over Labour's constitutional pledge to nationalise all means of production leads many prominent Liberals lead by Winston Churchill to cross the floor to sit as National Liberals. Both the Labour Party and the Liberal Party's votes fall drastically, with Labour voters disillusion with the moderation of the party of Keir Hardie and Liberal voters angered by the party of Gladstone going into open coalition with the socialists. Lord Curzon appoints Winston Churchill Home Secretary. Out on the continent, the Kaiser, whose aggressive foreign policy has been pushing the European peninsula towards war for over two decades, dies in a hunting accident in 1922. Wilhelm III is crowned Kaiser in Berlin.
[4] The Conservative Goverment was fatally wounded by the Vienna Telegram scandal, whereby they were was evidence found of discussions between the British, German and Austro-Hungarian governments over possible British neutrality if a war were to occur in the Balkans. As the Liberals were hopelessly divided, Labour come to power, one seat short of a majority, forming a coalition with the IPP.
[5] A formal opening of the Estuary Line on the London Underground turns to disaster when MacDonald is struck by the first train to pass through the platform. Labour quickly determine that Snowden, MacDonald's ally in Number 11 Downing Street, is the best choice for a successor. The IPP, too, are happy with Snowden.
[6] Inspired by the moderation of the labour movement in Scandinavia away from rigid Marxism, Philip Snowden pushes for the Labour Party to remove Clause IV, in order to strengthen their position as a credible party in government. Though it persuads the reunited Liberals under David Lloyd George that they can now cooperate with the Labour Party, many within the Labour Party is disillusioned by Snowden's move to the right, forming the Socialist Labour Party, committed to thorough nationalisation. After the 1930 election, Philip Snowden formally enters a coalition with the Liberals with Lloyd George as Deputy PM and Foreign Secretary. Debates commence in the House of Commons over electoral reform.
[7] Snowden resigns as leader of the Labour Party after a sensational conference, during which he fails to convince the party to agree to co-operating with the Liberals on the Representation of the People Bill, being narrowly defeated on the conference floor. Oswald Mosley, the leading light in the party since the defection of many of the 'Clause IV Martyrs', assumes the leadership, tries to save the Coalition but to no avail, and pledges to call an election within 12 months.