Let's assume that WWI does not occur for whatever reason. Will Home Rule go through, will the Liberals be supplanted by Lab, etc? Also: will the Edwardian lifestyle which died with WWI last a bit longer?
I fear the tories would win the election in late 1915.
Ireland would be chaotic. It would be partitioned ,but possibly with Tyrone and Fermanagn under Home rule
Will Home Rule go through...
... will the Liberals be supplanted by Lab, etc?
Also: will the Edwardian lifestyle which died with WWI last a bit longer?
Yes. If the Lords attempted to block the bill again, the King had already signed off on a plan by the government to create as many as 300 Lib-Lab peers to pack the body. IIRC, the fellow who wrote Peter Pan was on the list.
Eventually. The partnership will limp along with the Liberals first moving from senior to junior partner and then dwindling into irrelevance when Labor no longer needs their votes. Labor is basically going to absorb most of the Liberal party and supplant what little is left.
Most definitely. Lifestyle will change, they always do, but without the shock of the war the change won't be as rapid or wrenching.
Would the Liberals decline so quickly?
Perhaps the Imperial Federation proposal could go through?
Perhaps the Imperial Federation proposal could go through?
Might this also mean an acceptance of PMs from the Lords and eventually little if any controversy arises from it?
Civil War in Ireland, with the leader of the Conservatives backing the anti-government side...I cannot see it ending well. How can a political sytem function with the two oppoing parties openly backing different sides in a civil war?