The Lords of course did veto the bill of peoples buget, and so it led to the first general election of 1910. The Liberals claimed that the Lords were the selfish rich who weren’t willing to help the country, whereas the Conservatives tried to attract the wealthy, stating that this would lead to social revolution and it was the duty of the House of Lords to block controversial policy that the public hadn’t voted on. The Liberals won with a 2 seat majority after two general elections with the support of labour and the Irish nationalists. The 42 labour MPs went into a coalition with the government giving them an overall majority.
After this success in passing the parliament act of 1911 the power of the House of Lords significantly depleted, allowing the Liberals to quickly bring about constitutional reform, firstly the bill allowed the party electorate to change every 5 year rather than 7, allowing for a more frequent reform of Britain and government. How every the house of lords still had a significant power of being able to delay the passing of bills, so the liberals had not succeeded by this point, as the lords still remained entirely unelected.
The Osborne Judgement which the House of Lords delivered on 21 December 1909, was a landmark legal ruling. It held that the law did not allow trade unions to collect a levy for political purposes, specifically, to fund the infant Labour Party's organisational and electoral efforts. This delayed the Liberal success however in 1913 the trade union act passed practically reversing the Osbourne judgment showing within 4 years the liberals were governing Britian almost completely differently, therefore successful in bringing about reform.
Another main factor for success was the passing of the Home Rule in 1913 before enactment known as the Third Home Rule Bill, it was intended to provide self-government within the United Kingdom for Ireland. It was the third such bill introduced by a Liberal government in a 28-year period in response to the Irish Home Rule movement. This was when the Liberals success culminated between 1906 to 1914 as they had struggled for so long to bring about this change.
Despite the Liberals efforts and success within the period, the Liberals did not implement the home rule as in 1914 the first world war began and Asquith decided to abandon his impending bill, so ultimately the liberals did not achieve what they set out to so within 1906-1914.
Solid introduction- you seem to have a clear argument
People’s budget is in 1909
Trade Disputes Act 1906 reversing the Taff Vale judgement
Does this point answer the question or just describe the situation? Make sure you always link your point back to the question at the end of each paragraph
Balanced assessment- did it make the UK more democratic?
Make sure you always start a paragraph with a point- try and link to previous points for example
Constitutional reform also took the shape of laws that helped the working class gain access to politics- such as the 1913 Trade Unions Act, which secured funding for the Labour party from the Trade Unions movement, and the Payment of MPs act which allowed ordinary working men to take up the position of MP
Hmm- it was never actually implemented, almost caused a civil war only stopped by the outbreak of WW1 and then ultimately led to the breakup of the UK, the Anglo Irish War and the Irish Civil war- not that successful really!
A Good Effort
+You make detailed points with plenty of supporting evidence
+You make the central argument that the Parliament Bill helped to successfully democratise British politics
T Go back to basics with your paragraph structure- Point Evidence Explain- always link points to the question and don’t just include detail for details sake
Q What about women?!
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