18 ene 1909 año - People's Budget
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Would increase taxes on the rich for spending on social welfare, introduced by David Lloyd George
The House of Lords (wealthy, conservative) reasserted their power by vetoing it BUT the king threatened to kick them out if they didn't let it pass --> popular democracy was crushing aristocratic conservatism
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18 ene 1909 año
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