@michaelkearsley.bsky.social#LabourParty, #IrishNationalists & #LiberalParty (which split) left govt in 1915, #DavidLloydGeorge formed #LiberalNationals and was #PM. Some #ConsParty MPs sat in opposition, #JRClynes remained a govt minister.
Was #CouponElection at #GE1918 with mostly #ConservativeNationals & #LiberalNationals.
@michaelkearsley.bsky.social#GE1923 & #GE1929 both resulted in #LibLabPact, #GE2010 by #ConDemCoalition #GE2017 followed by #ConsParty pact with #DUP.
Informal coalition of #Liberals, #LabourParty & #IrishNationalists emerged in 1911, #ConsParty entered gov in 1914, in 1915 #HerbertAsquith was replaced by #DavidLloydGeorge.
@duncanducky.bsky.socialGoogle translates "Mise, do chara gan cháim" as "I, your unscrupulous friend". #EamonDeValera #DavidLloydGeorge