Blame the Liberals for Britain's entry into WW1

In December 1913 HH Asquith was in the midst of the the political manoeuvring that would lead ultimately to Home Rule forIreland.

As Prime Mister since 1906 his government had introduced the Peoples Budget which laid the foundations of the Welfare State and, as a consequence of Conservative opposition, led to further legislation that effectively ended the right of the unelected house of Lords to veto bills that the House of Commons had passed.  The Parliament Act would ensure that the legislation for Irish Home Rule would finally be passed.

Throughout history the Liberals have never been a party that supported war, and so it is one of the ironies of modern history that it was the last (and greatest) Liberal prime minster that took the country into the First World War.  As Max Hastings comments in Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 Asquith was able to secure the support of some, but not all, of his party to support the declaration of war in 1914.  If the Liberals had been in opposition then their opposition would likely have been unanimous.

And so we can blame the Liberals for Britain's entry into the First World War!