WI Lloyd George succeeded in uniting the wet Conservatives and Liberals?

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What if the honours corruption was never disclosed, the Dardanelles/Chanak crisis never happened, the conservatives stayed in the coalition and LG eventually succeeded in forming a centrist party? Pencil in Churchill as his successor.

Can anyone tell me where this might have gone?
 
What if the honours corruption was never disclosed, the Dardanelles/Chanak crisis never happened, the conservatives stayed in the coalition and LG eventually succeeded in forming a centrist party? Pencil in Churchill as his successor.

Can anyone tell me where this might have gone?

The depression of the 1930s might well have been handled better by a Lloyd George led government.
 

perfectgeneral

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He made it clear from the back benches that he was opposed to appeasement too. But I'm looking for the impact on party politics too.
 
The depression of the 1930s might well have been handled better by a Lloyd George led government.

Whether, how, and when the Depression happens is dependent on how the post-war peace is handled, which could change significantly with LG in charge.
 
Duverger's Law would eventually make sure that there are two main parties: the Liberal and Labour parties.
 
Well, the only way the Tories could survive is to go Blue 70 years before it became respectable to do so. Otherwise they get lost in the ideological crossfire. The Liberals could become the new Tories down the line (as with Jo Grimond IOTL) and Labour could stay Labour, like in Oz.
 
Removing the honors scandal isn't enough. And foreign policy is irrelevant to the form of the British party system (at least as long as the Great War ends as per usual).

The Tories had a huge advantage, as long as they are firmly united, and the major party in the Coalition, facing the rise of Labour, they were going to be the centre-right party.

Nothing short of a different war time government would save the Liberals as a major party.
 
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