Why Was Churchill Out Of Office For So Long 29-39

Question 1

Why was economics an issue by 1931?

Answer 1

• foreign investors and markets needed a calm, confident and United government which Churchill was not deemed to be able to achieve
• seen as a renegade: pre war speeches attacking Conserv views in House of Lords
• many economists claimed he made wrong decision returning Britain to gold standard when he was COE in 1925 which Brit left in September 1931
• When Conservative joined with Labour and some liberals in 1931 to deal with perceived national financial and economic crisis there was no room for Churchill

Question 2

Churchill not being well liked, expand on this issue.

Answer 2

• manny remembered pre war speeches attacking Conservative views on Ireland and on The House of Lords
• Gallipoli campaign was condemned as reckless and achieved virtually nothing at great human cost

Question 3

Why was Churchills personality an issue ?

Answer 3

• Dogmatic
• conservative
• monarchist and imperialist

Question 4

Why was the Wall Street crash an issue ?

Answer 4

Affected him on a personal level as it wiped out his investments and savings and compelled him to write for a living

Question 5

What were the key issues separating Churchill from mainstream conservative views ?

Answer 5

India

Abdication of King Edward VIII

Rearmament

Concessions to Hitler

Question 6

Why was India an issue that serrated Churchill from mainstream conservative views ?

Answer 6

• most politicians held the opinion that negotiating with the Indian nationalists as well as Gandhi was both wise and necessary
• Churchill juxtaposed this view instead believing in being uncompromising with Indian independence

Question 7

Why was the abdication of King Edward VIII an issue that separated him from mainstream conservative views ?

Answer 7

• Conservative and voters did not hold David, prince of Wales, who later became king in 1936 with much respect
• down to his desire to marry a divorced woman but Churchill supported him in this

Question 8

Why was rearmament an issue that separated him from mainstream conservative views ?

Answer 8

Public opinion clearly against war aswell as the British economy being weak
Churchill instead urged for rearmament without much support

Question 9

Why were concessions to Hitler an issue that separated him from mainstream conservative views ?

Answer 9

Churchill made it clear German expansion was bad and opposed the policies of appeasement implemented by the 1930s government
It allowed parts to Czechoslovakia to be taken in 1938
WW1 still recent and Brit going to war with Germany over Germany claiming German speaking lands seemed pointless