Lloyd George's government was destroyed more by his style than by the content of his policies From 1916-1922, Lloyd George, a Liberal, was in a coalition government with the Conservatives. The Conservatives entered this coalition as they had been out of power since 1902 and wanted the popularity Lloyd George would bring, particularly with the new electorate, which had tripled. Lloyd George was believed to have the skills to sort out post war problems, for example …
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…to concern himself with other people's opinions about his practise, even when it was in his best interests to do so. The result of his style was that the coalition was considered Lloyd George's coalition, and so as he fell, it did too. It, like him, had come to the end of its usefulness, and so the Conservatives dispensed of it, as the majority party, when they dispensed of it, the other factions, fell apart.