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The '''Ditchers''' were so-called because they were prepared to stand in a "last-ditch" attempt against the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[government]] reforms to the [[constitution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Letter to Lord Willoughby de Broke|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/houseoflords/house-of-lords-reform/from-the-collections/from-the-parliamentary-collections-the-parliament-act/max-tilney-letter/|publisher=www.parliament.uk|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|last=Dennis|first=Alfred L. P.|title=The Parliament Act of 1911, II|journal=The American Political Science Review|date=1912|year=1912|month=August|volume=6|issue=3|pages=386-408|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1944526|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> Many of the nobility were determined to prevent [[David Lloyd George]] introducing the [[Parliament Act 1911]]. The Lords had delayed the 'People's budget' of 1909, which the Chancellor of Exchequer had brought forward to increase taxation, and start some form of [[welfarism]]. The 1911 act presented a ''fait accompli'' to the Lords by certifying the Commons traditional conventional power to create finance bills. No longer could the Lords forestall Treasury legislation. The power to delay was commenced for a period of two years only. Lloyd George famously threatened to create five hundred of his own peers, that [[King George V]], would concur to, if the Lords did not yield their ancient privileges. The |
The '''Ditchers''' were so-called because they were prepared to stand in a "last-ditch" attempt against the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[government]] reforms to the [[constitution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Letter to Lord Willoughby de Broke|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/houseoflords/house-of-lords-reform/from-the-collections/from-the-parliamentary-collections-the-parliament-act/max-tilney-letter/|publisher=www.parliament.uk|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal|last=Dennis|first=Alfred L. P.|title=The Parliament Act of 1911, II|journal=The American Political Science Review|date=1912|year=1912|month=August|volume=6|issue=3|pages=386-408|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1944526|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> Many of the nobility were determined to prevent [[David Lloyd George]] introducing the [[Parliament Act 1911]]. The Lords had delayed the 'People's budget' of 1909, which the Chancellor of Exchequer had brought forward to increase taxation, and start some form of [[welfarism]]. The 1911 act presented a ''fait accompli'' to the Lords by certifying the Commons traditional conventional power to create finance bills. No longer could the Lords forestall Treasury legislation. The power to delay was commenced for a period of two years only. Lloyd George famously threatened to create five hundred of his own peers, that [[King George V]], would concur to, if the Lords did not yield their ancient privileges. The phrase in the music halls was: |
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my father knew Lloyd George." A satirical reference to the peers that he would create. |
my father knew Lloyd George." A satirical reference to the peers that he would create. |
Revision as of 18:54, 31 March 2014
The Ditchers were so-called because they were prepared to stand in a "last-ditch" attempt against the Liberal government reforms to the constitution.[1] [2] Many of the nobility were determined to prevent David Lloyd George introducing the Parliament Act 1911. The Lords had delayed the 'People's budget' of 1909, which the Chancellor of Exchequer had brought forward to increase taxation, and start some form of welfarism. The 1911 act presented a fait accompli to the Lords by certifying the Commons traditional conventional power to create finance bills. No longer could the Lords forestall Treasury legislation. The power to delay was commenced for a period of two years only. Lloyd George famously threatened to create five hundred of his own peers, that King George V, would concur to, if the Lords did not yield their ancient privileges. The phrase in the music halls was: "Lloyd George knew my father, my father knew Lloyd George." A satirical reference to the peers that he would create.
Many of the "Last Ditchers" were Tory farmers and landowners, who refused to surrender the political power that went with social superiority. But the aristocracy had been in decline, since the inexorable rise of business and merchant middle-class capitalists during the Edwardian era. Their entry in the Commons, and enfranchisement of the working-classes in the 1884-5 reform acts had already marked a significant shift of power. Government interventionism from devolution was threatening stability without control over local finance. The Naval Arms "Dreadnought" Race was very costly: it had done nothing to prevent world war by 1914, and Irish terrorism since 1881. However the Government of Ireland Bill was delayed its enactment in August 1914, the very day war broke out.
References
- ^ "Letter to Lord Willoughby de Broke". www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ Dennis, Alfred L. P. (1912). "The Parliament Act of 1911, II". The American Political Science Review. 6 (3): 386–408. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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