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The Voice of Radicalism
Conclusion - Twentieth Century
- Radicalism is best considered as an ideology, or set of beliefs that advanced the political, social and economic interests of the middle class in the nineteenth century
- It enjoyed working class support as it allowed more and more members of society to vote
- Once everyone was entitled to vote, the alliance between the middle and working classes ended
- The needs and wishes of the working class in the first part of the twentieth century were not the same as traditional radical needs and wishes
- Socialists did not describe themselves as radical
By 1930 Liberals had only a sentimental attachment to Radicalism. Along with the Conservatives, they were more concerned with resisting what they believed to be the growing threat of socialism.
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