UK National Government

In the United Kingdom the term National Government is in an abstract sense used to refer to a coalition of some or all major political parties. In a historical sense it usually refers primarily to the governments of Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain which held office from 1931 until 1940.

Legacy

The National Government has a very poor reputation historically. Many have been willing to attack it, including both Churchill and the polemic Guilty Men, whilst few have sought to defend it - mainly because none of the political parties were led by those who had prospered in the 1930s. However some revisionist historians have sought to rehabilitate its reputation.

Related Topics:
Guilty Men - 1930s - Revisionist

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