... himself with one particular conservative ideal suggests that there was not coherent social policy planned, otherwise the 'One National' ideal would be much more apparent from him as it allowed for social reform to materialise. As to whether he himself had any genuine interest, there is sufficient evidence to suggest this was not the case. Many of the earlier social reforms, and also some of the most successful did were not proposed or produced by the conservatives, they were the work of the liberals, reborn by the conservatives and this suggests that the conservatives entered office without a specific plan of social reform of their own. The Employers and Workmen Act, which lifted the prohibition on peaceful picketing and the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act which gave workers a legal right to sue employers in the civil courts if they broke legally agreed contracts, both highlight the absence of a ...

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