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it is 1906. You are an ambitious young MP for Wolverhampton in the newly formed Liberal government. Your mission in this game is to make the right decisions that will help you get promoted into the cabinet!

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play!

This is the first choice you have to make:

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The government is thrown off course for a while by the illness and eventual death of its Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. But by 1908, it is getting to grips with the problem of poverty.

The new Prime Minister, Asquith, is an “Old Liberal”. He thinks that people usually become poor because of their own weaknesses and mistakes. Therefore, the government doesn't have a duty to look after them. Instead, they should follow a policy of ‘Laissez-Faire’ (French for ‘Leave well alone’).

However, younger MP’s such as the Chancellor, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill are “New Liberals”. They think that people usually become poor because of unemployment, sickness or old age. So, the government has a duty to look after them.

Both of these groups have asked for your support, but you are not sure which group to side with.

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Hee!

[ 08 July 2004: Message edited by: audra trower williams ]

Well. I was a nerdy kid, y'know.

[ 08 July 2004: Message edited by: Screaming Lord Byron ]