Politics: England

European Politics 1871-1914
England

Gladstone – Liberal 1868-1874 – Glorious Ministry
Disraeli – Conservative

1870- Education act – Mandatory Attendance
-Civil Servants had to take exams - No more patronage
-Same in army
-Secret Ballot (secret voting)

Restrictions of the trade unions removed (strike meant that the employee had to pay the employer before)

18th century -> laws limiting rights of Irish
1801 act of Union -> Dissolved Irish parliament and combined it with the English parliament
1845 famine in Ireland – 500000 died

immigration => USA
1900 century – labour party
(MacDonald)

Asquith (Old age pension) => Lloyd George => Churchill
National Employment Bureaus
Social Insurances

Parliament Bill 1911 – most important political issue
House of Commons chose changes, sent a bill to House of Lords to accept or veto.
After that, they are only able to suggest changes instead of vetoing