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chamberlain - Coggle Diagram
chamberlain
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Norway debate
'I call upon my friends in the house tonight'- was clear chamberlain was losing support of his own party
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Labour Party
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labour viewed chamberlain as responsible for the means test and cuts to the unemployment benefit- affected working class, labour mostly working class party- dislike
labour willing to work in a coalition gov.t as long as not headed by chamberlain- war needs auntie front, chamberlain would have divided if he had stayed as prime minister
Tony corfield cites in his article on why chamberlain fell that it was the opposition of labour and their unwillingness to participate in any coalition govt with chamberlain as pm
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background
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at the start of the war he was in a strong position and held a majority of 200. he also had the support of the national press who felt it patriotic to support him.
however, he resigned on may 10th 1940, for a number of reasons