Assess the reasons for the downfall of Lloyd George and the coalition government in 1922
Assess the reasons for the downfall of Lloyd George and the coalition government in 1922
In order to fully assess the question we would need to take a look at the Economic and social issues that David Lloyd George put across as well as his foreign policies and the Conservatives seeing him as outliving his purpose. For example, his domestic policies were a success – they achieved what he intended to achieve, and achieved more then many thought realistically possible with the resources at Britain’s disposal after a devastating 4 year war. However, as good as his new results were with domestic affairs, they often failed to live up to the expectations of the working class, or made him lose valuable support within this new powerhouse of votes. His foreign policies are arguably successful. A lot did fail to achieve what he had in mind, and in a way he was forced to be a puppet for Conservative goals, goals that he often did not agree with. But unfortunately he was always held responsible if / when things turned upside down. Finally there was a widespread resentment within the Conservative majority of his coalition by late 1922, and this led him to resigning from his position of Prime Minister.
Lloyd George’s domestic policies were to an extent successful, but at the same time they didn’t appeal to the public. Unfortunately, Lloyd George was often put in this position of where he could not please everyone and often had to choose what he thought of as the ‘lesser of two evils’.
In 1918 the army was decommissioned which gave the coalition government and Lloyd George problems. At first they attempted to release key holders of civilian jobs and leaving the ordinary ‘rank and file’ soldiers last. But this alarmed the public causing them to protest which made the government change its tactics of how they were going to achieve things. The government adopted a ‘first in, first out’ policy which luckily rebooted the public’s opinion and avoided disaster. By late 191 over 4
In order to fully assess the question we would need to take a look at the Economic and social issues that David Lloyd George put across as well as his foreign policies and the Conservatives seeing him as outliving his purpose. For example, his domestic policies were a success – they achieved what he intended to achieve, and achieved more then many thought realistically possible with the resources at Britain’s disposal after a devastating 4 year war. However, as good as his new results were with domestic affairs, they often failed to live up to the expectations of the working class, or made him lose valuable support within this new powerhouse of votes. His foreign policies are arguably successful. A lot did fail to achieve what he had in mind, and in a way he was forced to be a puppet for Conservative goals, goals that he often did not agree with. But unfortunately he was always held responsible if / when things turned upside down. Finally there was a widespread resentment within the Conservative majority of his coalition by late 1922, and this led him to resigning from his position of Prime Minister.
Lloyd George’s domestic policies were to an extent successful, but at the same time they didn’t appeal to the public. Unfortunately, Lloyd George was often put in this position of where he could not please everyone and often had to choose what he thought of as the ‘lesser of two evils’.
In 1918 the army was decommissioned which gave the coalition government and Lloyd George problems. At first they attempted to release key holders of civilian jobs and leaving the ordinary ‘rank and file’ soldiers last. But this alarmed the public causing them to protest which made the government change its tactics of how they were going to achieve things. The government adopted a ‘first in, first out’ policy which luckily rebooted the public’s opinion and avoided disaster. By late 191 over 4