National Government

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The National Government was a British cross-party coalition that governed the United Kingdom during the economic and political crises of the 1930s and early 1940s.

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Label Occurrences
National Government canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British government ⓘ
coalition government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs British National Government ⓘ
National Government coalition ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter collapse of minority Labour government ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionReason return to party-based government in 1945 ⓘ
wartime political realignment ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
followedBy Attlee ministry ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government

Churchill war ministry ⓘ
formedDuring Great Depression ⓘ
hasPart Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal National Party ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
National Labour ⓘ
independent MPs ⓘ
headOfGovernment Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Ramsay MacDonald ⓘ
Stanley Baldwin ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

interwar period ⓘ
ideology coalition politics ⓘ
implementedPolicy abandonment of the gold standard ⓘ
austerity measures ⓘ
rearmament programme ⓘ
tariff protection ⓘ
inOfficeDuring abdication crisis of Edward VIII ⓘ
outbreak of the Second World War ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
mainTask lead Britain in early Second World War ⓘ
manage rearmament ⓘ
restore financial stability ⓘ
tackle the Great Depression ⓘ
notableEvent 1931 general election landslide ⓘ
1935 general election victory ⓘ
policy of appeasement toward Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
politicalPosition broad coalition ⓘ
precededBy Second MacDonald ministry ⓘ
reasonForFormation economic crisis ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
startTime 1931 ⓘ
supportedBy Conservative majority in Parliament ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir John Anderson → parliamentaryGroup → National Government ⓘ
Parliament of 1931–1935 → dominantCoalition → National Government ⓘ
Parliament of 1935–1945 → governmentType → National Government ⓘ
Second National Ministry → politicalStatus → National Government ⓘ
Second National Ministry → namedAfter → National Government ⓘ