The Political Scene in Scotland before the Great War.

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The Political Scene in Scotland before the Great
War.
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Background.

• From 1832 the British political scene underwent
  great political change that was slowly making
  Britain more democratic.
• Through out this period we see greater steps in
  extending the Franchise and the political system
  (participation and representation) being
  transformed.
• Can you name some of these reforms?
• Who has vote the vote by 1914?

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The Main Parties at the Beginning of the 20th
Century.

• Conservatives (Tories)
• Liberals (Whigs)
• The liberals were the dominant party in Scotland
  before 1914 as they were to seen to be a working
  class party.
• 1910 Liberals had won 57 of the 70 Scottish
  seats.
• So, why were they so Popular?

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Novelist, Lord Tweedsmuir (John
Buchan) "Liberals alone understood and
sympathised with the poor." Yet he was a
conservative!
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Task

• Read p12 and 13 of the Higher text book and
  Answer the following
• Who were the Young Scots" ?
• Why was the Scottish Unionist Party created?
• Who was Keir Hardie and what was the name of the
  Party(s) that he founded?
• What did Keir Hardie want to achieve?

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How Important was the Labour Party Before 1914?

• The party Failed to make a big impression as the
  Liberals still won the working voters support.
• 1910 There were only three Scottish Labour MPs
  out of the 42 British Labour MPs.
• 1914 There were only 8 Labour candidates in the
  National elections.
• Yet in ten years the Labour Party became the
  governing party in Britain.

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Scottish Identity.

• Although the was a strong sense of a Scottish
  Identity, most Scots thought of themselves as
  British and were willing to be a part of Britain
  and its Empire.