How far was the Tariff Reform the most important reason for theUnpopularity of the conservative party in 1906?
Jacqueline Brown - 12 Jerome
How far was the Tariff Reform the most important reason for the
Unpopularity of the conservative party in 1906
At the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth Century the two parties that dominated British politics were the Conservatives and the Liberals. The Conservatives had been in power since 1885. However in 1906 the Liberals won the general election in landslide victory. Why was this? Tariff Reform or protection is seen as one of the most important reasons for such a loss in popularity for the Conservatives in the 1906 General election, but was it? In Britain free trade had always meant cheap food for the people, however in 1903 Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secretary proposed that the British government introduce Tariffs on all goods coming into Britain, but that all imports from the British Empire would be tax free.