after the discovery of the treatment of the South Africans the Conservatives
lost a lot of votes - Concentration Camps, discovered by Emily Hobhouse -
starvation and illnesses 27,000 women and children died, 24,000 under
16y/o
need for a strong army - the Boer War
pointed out how many working class men
were unfit for fighting which concerned
the government . Didn't have the
equipment, technique and adaptations
1902 Conservatives Education Act - All schools
to be funded from local rates not churches
Nonconformists outraged that taxes be sent on
Catholic schools
Campaigns
Refusing to pay taxes
All those that were against this act were
persuaded by Lloyd-George to vote for Liberals
in the Welsh 1904 county council elections
1904 Licensing Act
Many nonconformists supported the Liberals already but
switched to the Conservatives who were against Home Rule
However this Act turned them back to the Liberals
angered nonconformists as brewers and publicans were being
compensated for the cancellation of their licenses
Chinese Labour Issue - working for low wages
being imported into South Africa
Non-Conformists and Trade Unions
Possibly increasing unemployment due to foreign immigration
Taff Vale Case - Dispute Taff Vale Railway
Company and rail-workers trade union which led to
strike action
Company suing Trade Union - This made the
Trade Unions pointless as the strikes were not
effective and they could not help the workers
Conservative refuse to re-write legislation
Trade Unions then supported Labour
Groups for Parliament
Neglect of Social Reform
Seebohm Rowntree
Old, Sick, Unemployed, Children
Tariff Reform Campaign was suppose to: - Protect British
jobs - Pay for Social Reforms - Strengthen Britain's
position in the world
increasing tax on exports and lowering tax on imports This would
make British good more expensive and less competitive against
larger Industrial Nations such as Japan, Germany and USA
Public Fears - Make food more expensive -
Fall in living standards
Weak Leadership
Salisbury's death '02
Balfour not a good leader - ot as sensitive to public
opinion - indecisive and miscalculated the reactions
on key issues - failed to foresee the anger over
Education Act, Chinese Labour and Taff Vale
Labour Attraction
Strong agreement over Free Trade
Broad Party - not dominated by an particular issue
Using Conservative weaknesses against them
Lib-Lab Pact
Liberals were not to oppose Labour in 30 selected constitutions Labour
agreed to not compete in other to prevent split in anti-Conservatives votes