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Lloyd George Out, Baldwin In
In 1922 Lloyd George was forced to resign over the crisis in Turkey. He had hoped for a victory with which to win the inevitable general election. In fact the Turkish situation was ended peacefully by negotiation. Turkey regained the Ottoman Empire and was united under Kamal Ataturk.
The Conservatives were in favour of dissolving the coalition government and standing alone at the forthcoming general election. They were right. The Conservatives won the election and Bonar Law became Prime Minister. Unfortunately he was very ill and in 1923 he had to resign and Stanley Baldwin replaced him.
Meanwhile the Labour Party had become strong enough to be recognized as the official Opposition.
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ANDREW BONAR LAW (1858-1923) - Born in Canada
- His father was Irish and mother Scottish
- His mother died when he was 16, he went to Scotland to work in her family's firm
- He became an MP for Glasgow Blackfriars in 1900 and leader of the Conservatives in 1911
- Under the Liberal/Conservative Coalition he might have expected a top job but Asquith, who was Prime Minister, disliked him and offered him Colonial Secretary
- When Asquith resigned in 1916 Bonar Law was offered Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Became Prime Minister in 1922 but had to resign due to ill health in 1923 and died a few months later
- Buried in Westminster Abbey
In 1922 Mussolini became the Italian Prime Minister and James Joyce published Ulysses which was considered obscene and banned. In the same year, Marcel Proust died.
 
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| 1918 | RAF is formed
World War I ends
Coupon Election
Rationing is introduced
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| 1920 | Government of Ireland Act
Communist Party of Great Britain is formed
The League of Nations founded
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| 1921 | The Irish Free State is formed
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| 1922 | Bonar Law becomes Prime Minister
Labour Party becomes the formal Opposition
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| 1923 | Baldwin beomes Prime Minister
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| 1924 | First Labour government
Lenin dies
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| 1926 | The General Strike
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| 1927 | The Trade Disputes Act is passed
The 91热爆 is founded
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