WI:The British Chartists won?

What if 'The Chartists',a political group for votes for all men,succeeded?.Would this have affect on Britain's internal politics?.Would this even be able to get into Parliament?
 
The chartists succeeding means revolution in Great Britain, theres no way the parliament of OTL would give them everything they want, hell the Great Reform Act barely scraped by in a time of extreme public anger and rioting. If it doesn't pass I expect parliament to be stormed by rioters and general chaos across Britain.
 
Eventually, effectively, they did win.
They had six basic demands, and five of those have become law.

The only one of their basic demands that hasn't become law was for partliamentary elections to be held on an annual basis, which I think most people today would agree is impractical.
 
Eventually, effectively, they did win.
They had six basic demands, and five of those have become law.

The only one of their basic demands that hasn't become law was for partliamentary elections to be held on an annual basis, which I think most people today would agree is impractical.

I assume he means winning in the lifespan of the charist movement rather than being vindicated by history, which is more what OTL is.
 
My first thoughts are that the British Labour party would be formed much earlier than it was and Victorian factory owners would be less rich because they would actually have to pay their workers and have some basic health and safety.

I can see Britain being more like Sweden and les like the US in its outlook.
 
Eventually, effectively, they did win.
They had six basic demands, and five of those have become law.

The only one of their basic demands that hasn't become law was for partliamentary elections to be held on an annual basis, which I think most people today would agree is impractical.

I came to this thread to pretty much say this.
 
I've made this argument before, but I agree it's a bit of a copout. The fact that they won in 1945 doesn't mean a Britain where they'd won in 1835 wouldn't be interesting to explore.

Agreed. Anyone know the Chartists attitude to the crown? Id be interested to see what they would do to it if they had won a violent revolution.
 
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