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Battles at the Ballot
- The Politicians, Idealists and Cranks of Britain's WW1 By-elections
Engelsk
Bogcover for Battles at the Ballot af John Leston, 9781914487514
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781914487514
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1914487516
Udg. Dato:
8 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
24,3 x 16,3 x 3,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
8 maj 2025
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Battles at the Ballot

- The Politicians, Idealists and Cranks of Britain's WW1 By-elections
Engelsk
Hardback 2025
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The previously untold story of the home front in WW1

As World War One broke out in 1914, the main British political parties agreed a truce for Westminster by-elections: they would allow whoever was the incumbent to win. But the public disagreed and 23 by-elections provided a platform for a motley crew of independents. Among them mainstream politicians, failing politicians, party loyalists, idealists, single-issue fanatics, chancers, and no-hopers.

The casus belli for these independents changed as the war progressed, or didn’t, and as issues rose and fell in public significance. Consequently, the contests provide a fascinating insight for a 20th Century readership into the priorities and concerns of the home front during WW1, such as:
  • the poor quality of Britain’s air defences
  • splits within the Labour movement over the war
  • opposition to restrictions on alcohol
  • controversy about the conscription of married men
  • dissatisfaction with support for discharged servicemen
  • calls for ever harsher treatment of ‘aliens’
  • discontent at the perceived failure to pursue the war vigorously

Battles at the Ballots is an authoritative and highly engaging look at a little-known slice of British parliamentary and political history, suitable for both the general trade market and an academic audience. It features colour and black and white photographs and illustrations, a full list of election results, footnotes and endnotes. Detailed coverage of 23 by-elections will appeal to those interested in local history in London, South Wales, Scotland, the North-East, Yorkshire, and elsewhere.

Introduction by Sir John Curtice, the BBC''s election expert







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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781914487514
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
1914487516
Udg. Dato:
8 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
24,3 x 16,3 x 3,4
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
8 maj 2025
Forfatter(e):
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