"The first World War killed the Liberal Party" how far do you agree with this statement?

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"The first World War killed the Liberal Party" how far do you agree with this statement?

After the end of World War One, the Liberal party was divided and support

had dramatically decreased since the landslide election victory just little more than

ten years previous. The party was destined to become a third party and has never

formed its own government in Britain since to date. Sometime between the period of

1906 and the end of the war, something happened which lost the Liberal's their

support. In this essay, the opinion that the First World War killed the party shall be

examined.

Liberal ideology is that which is very much against war. Traditionally Liberal

Government would back away from military conflict in the favour of more peaceful

methods to negotiate peace. Therefore, when in 1914 the Liberals under Prime

Minister Asquith lead Britain into war on August 3rd 1914, Britain immediately

responded with a degree of varied outrage as to the Liberal Party's foreign policy.

While the general public seemed to respond with