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In the wake of defeat it is not surprising if politicians who have been rejected consider the question of their party leadership. But what happened between 1929 and 1930 was far more than the grumbling of a defeated army. Baldwin had to fight hard, not merely to retain the leadership, but also to keep the party chained to reality. It was a struggle that taxed all his resources of political management and brought him to the verge of resignation.
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© 1974 T. F. Lindsay and Michael Harrington
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Lindsay, T.F., Harrington, M. (1974). The Tory Crisis, 1929–1931. In: The Conservative Party 1918–1979. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16210-9_6
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