Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,426 playable programmes from the BBC

Mr. R. H. Gretton: Some Makers of Modern Politics-VI. Chamberlain and Modern Electoral Methods

on 5XX Daventry

View in Radio Times

Although party organization for electoral purposes was not especially the work of Joseph Chamberlain (Peel had begun it after 1832; and the Conservatives after 1868 revived the idea) he may aptly be taken as the best figure to associate with this subject. Not only did he make the Liberal headquarters so much the more vigorous of the two that the caucus and Birmingham were always thought of together by the late Victorians, but he also saw quickly how the tendency to idolise the individual ought to be used in electioneering. This is the concluding talk in Mr. Gretton's series during the course of which an attempt has been made to assess the differences that have arisen between the House of a century ago and the House of today, by taking six great Victorian statesmen and summarizing the changes which coincided with their periods of power.

5XX Daventry

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More