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  1. Buba

    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    Remember that the electorate was smaller and less susceptible to rabble rousing. Also, the House of Lords - although recently castrated by the Liberals - still had some power.
  2. Buba

    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    How many times to I have to remind you that it is PiłsudSki?!? When unsure, think of the term for a fan - piłsudczyk. Also, past 1932 or so Piłsudski was gaga - his "rule" consisted of what the cabal surrouding him understood from his mutterings and decided to pass on.
  3. Buba

    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    For Britain - or France - to be able to supply shells to Russia it must first have to have them itself. Not before 1916. In 1915 everybody had a shell famine to some extent, the British one of the worst cases. Also, the shell famine is overblown by Russian commanders covering their asses for...
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    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    OK - now back on topic ... so, what happens in the UK in 1914 and '15?
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    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    I'm following this thread on AH-com and somebody did an interesting breakdown of the Commons. Assuming that no "rape of Belgium" = no IMMEDIATE pretext to declare war on Germany (vampiric camarilla or not), getting a DoW+new Gov't supporting majority - might not be that easy. I'd had assumed...
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    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    Just to make things clear - the Act being signed into law was a question of when, not if. The last monarch to refuse Assent to an Act was Queen Anne ...
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    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    I was mistaken - the Home Rule Act had been passed but had not been given Royal Assent yet. The Irish Question was still stewing, with the latest conference over the fate of the 4 to 9 northern counties producing little to nothing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Palace_Conference...
  8. Buba

    Germany Goes East first in 1914, British politics aspects only discussion

    Disestablishment of the Church in Wales and Irish Home Rule - these are NOT put on the shelf until "after the war" but come into effect in mid August. This also enlivens the political scene in the UK.
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