Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st3 October 1909
Dissolves Parliament, the election war-cry is "The Peers versus the People"
Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Dissolves Parliament, the election war-cry is "The Peers versus the People"
Parliament is dissolved so that the Parliament Act can be taken to the electorate
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