... separate himself from the main body of his party placed him in most uncomfortable position. It left him with no allies but the Whig section, to which he had always been bitterly antagonistic. Dislike of Mr Chamberlain's agrarian schemes had been least as ...

... Gladstone 1886 did more to bring about the Liberal rout of that year than the secession of any other man. The revolt of the Whigs was expected. one had expected that Lord Hartington, Mr Goschen, and such as these would accept Home Rule. But Mr Chamberlain ...

... acquiescence the illegal arming and drilling that is going on in Ireland. The second is made up those Liberals of the very old Whig school, who are alarmed the increased taxation entailed by Mr Lloyd George's social legislation. These two movements not, however ...