per ardua per mare per terram Posted 15 December , 2008 Share Posted 15 December , 2008 I'm surprised that no one has commemorated the British General Election of 14th December 1918: the first held under universal manhood suffrage and the first in which women could vote since 1832. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Tucker Posted 15 December , 2008 Share Posted 15 December , 2008 I'm surprised that no one has commemorated the British General Election of 14th December 1918: the first held under universal manhood suffrage and the first in which women could vote since 1832. Yes but the result was crap and it was some women only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 15 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 15 December , 2008 What result would you have preferred? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 15 December , 2008 Share Posted 15 December , 2008 Well it was better than the "Rotten Boroughs",or is there a 21st Century view creeping in? George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Tucker Posted 15 December , 2008 Share Posted 15 December , 2008 What result would you have preferred? Not the election of a 'crook' backed by the Tory Party and the splitters from the Liberal Party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 16 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2008 What amazes is the speed with which they were able to get details together after the Representation of the People Act and even more so to get votes and the campaign processed in only a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 16 December , 2008 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2008 My apologies for leaving out the word 'some;' I thought that I emphasised that it wasn't universal women's suffrage. That's the trouble when you give people the vote; you don't get to dictate the result! Given the number of potential opponents who lost their seats in 1918, Lloyd George wasn’t exactly opposed by towering giants. Bonar Law hardly seems a better candidate to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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