Henry Campbell-Banneman
How successful was Campbell-Bannerman in his decade as the leader of the Liberal party?In order to rate how successful Henry Campbell-Bannerman was, his aims must be identified, and then measured against the results he achieved. As Campbell-Bannerman also has the added complication of becoming Prime Minister halfway his decade as leader, this must also be taken into account. Henry Campbell originally came to be Liberal leader because he was seen to be acceptable to both sides of the ‘Little Englander’ versus Liberal Imperialist row within the party. He believed that both Harcourt (pro-Boer) and Rosebery (Limps) and their followers were extremists within the party, and that normal party members would be united by an attack on fundamental Liberal principles. He believed that the dispute over imperialism only went skin deep, and that the party could unite around the Newcastle Programme reforms. The main problem with the Liberals from the 1890’s to the victory in 1906 was the disunity caused by the split over the imperial issue. Campbell-Bannerman arguably solved this by uniting the rank and file of the party , and making his leadership unchallengeable. His methods of barbarism speech in 1901 made it clear that he was not in
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