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A Very British Revolution: Could a Left Wing Uprising occured in the UK in 1919?

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So I've gotten an idea for a story in which a Left Wing Uprising occurs in the UK in 1919 and whilst I've doing research for it I've been wondering how one could realistically start.

1919 was a hard period for Britian having just come out the war and there were a number of mutinys, strikes and riots across Britain during that period with some more prominent ones being the "Battle" of St George Square in Glasgow, The Luton Peace Day Riots and a Police Strike in June.

Could these incidents possibly have sparked a left wing uprising of some kind with violence breaking out across Britian? I believe if incidents like "Battle" of St George Square had gotten out of hand then there could have been an uprising in Glasgow.

I could see it occurring if a strike got out of hand (troops fire into the crowd etc.) and the Government response probably lead by Churchill got so bloody that the people as a whole decided to take over, per say if Black and Tan style tactics were used against Left Wing Organisations in Britian, if the Government decided to get rid "enemies" via firing squad etc.

I could see the Labour Party being split on how to deal with the situation, some would support the uprisings others wouldn't, I could see the Government trying to ban the Labour Party if things get out of hand which could backfire on them.

Also I wonder how these moments would effect both the Paris Peace Agreements (if the British delegation can't go due to fighting in the streets back home) and Ireland?

Also I can seeing what remains of the British Government and the Royal Family fleeing to India as the revolutionaries take over. I could imagine a Republic being made with a strong left wing bent (since most of the leaders of any British Left Wing Uprising would be in favour of a Democracy).
 
I think you might need yet more disgruntlement in Britain for those incidents to really kick off (since Britain had, after all, won and there's not the anger of suffering four years only to lose), though a strike at the right time might do it.

Two possible ways to boost anger, both linked:

a) Lloyd George's peerage sleaze and his dodgy honours-seller Maundy Gregory gets exposed in 1919 or the end of 1918. This happening right after the war could make people very angry, kickstarting a huge wave of trouble (George V was apparently pissed about this for that reason).

b) OTL. Labour's Victor Grayson may or may not have been killed by Gregory when he was going to expose him in 1920. Most likely isn't "may". But what if this happens in 1919 and his body is found, and enough people go "Gregory dun it"? Or if Grayson avoids being killed & can yell how Gregory attempted it? That not only gives you something to kickstart anger, it's something the Labour Party and thus trade unions will be actively kickstarting in retaliation.
 
As a general rule, people are more interested in whether or not they have a job, whether or not they can make ends meet, whether or not they can hope that their children will have a better life than they have. That's what kicks off riots and strikes and troubles, not whether you properly call someone Mr, Sir, or Lord.

And that's where you have to look if you want to start anything. The trouble is, there's not been enough time to build up resentment and trouble on the necessary scale by 1919
Hmm so what your saying is the Government has to pour petrol over these tiny sparks.

Maybe you could have it occur with a POD in 1917 with the Etaples becoming a larger affair before being squashed. Resentment stays with the troops as the War continues. David Lloyd George dies of the Spanish Flu and is replaced with a less effective and charismatic leader. In 1918 after the War ends the Government decides to send several units to Russia to fight the Communists. The Units go on strike and when the Army tries to use other units to deal with them they too go on strike. Commonwealth troops go on strike to demanding to go home. That's the start of something I suppose.
 
Does anyone actually cut mustard?

It also depends on what sort of story you're telling. If it's a history book type thing, then the history needs to be solid, so my advice above doesn't apply. If you're writing a character-based story, then it's the character and the plot we're interested in.
Well I'll have to get back to you with the whole cutting mustard thing. Thanks for the advice, yeah it's a character based piece the story idea I'm going with as you can see below:
At the moment I'm writing a story, the Qingdao one so I'm writing this to store it here for well being;

It's 1924, Oliver Baldwin (son of Stanley Baldwin) is back from helping the Democratic Armenian Republic against the Turks and Soviets, having returned to a different Britian in which the Red Clydeside period expanded across Britian leading to it becoming a Democratic Socialist Republic. Of course it's not exactly peaceful being filled with Communist and Fascist agitators. When Oliver goes to meet an old reporter friend he finds them dead and there office ransacked.

In the aftermath Oliver is brooding when he receives his dead friends diary in a mail, which seems to point towards a conspiracy brewing amongst certain folks within Britian. With the help of some colleagues, Clement Attlee, Rose Cohen and David Kirkwood (and more), Oliver will get to the bottom of a conspiracy and stop a Royalist Fascist Coup lead by an odd collection of folks.

It would certainly be fun and it would hit my niche of Between the War politics, Noir style thrillers and Oliver Baldwin.
Unlike some of my other stories it will be more about character and focusing on a different 1920s Britian through Baldwin's eyes. However I want to make sure that I have consistent internal timeline for the story. The reader doesn't have to know but I want to make sure I know what I'm writing about and having a good idea of the POD and it's effects.

The Women's Suffrage one is a good idea. Having only the upper classes being viable to vote would certainly rile up the working class. Add in working class troops being sent to fight in other conflicts (maybe I can add the Ireland Conflict occurring a bit earlier) just after the War.

Also I could add in Ramsay MacDonald being leader of Labour again (using his anti-war stance in a "I told you this would happen" kind of way) campaigning for Working Class Suffrage with Labour which eventually gets him and some others arrested. Add a food shortage, a poor government (maybe Bonar Law) and Strikes and I can see it being only a spark away from things getting out of hand. After that some armwaving for it to succeed.

Of course this story is still in the planning phase so do bombard me with ideas (I'm actually planning to do some more research before writing).
 
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