Liberal Unionist
editAs a noun: a member or supporter of the Liberal Unionist movement, formed in 1886 by Liberals who opposed Gladstone’s policy of Irish Home Rule and supported maintaining the Union with Ireland. Led by figures including Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, Liberal Unionists increasingly allied with the Conservative Party, formally merging with it in 1912. As an adjective: relating to the Liberal Unionists, their movement, or their opposition to Irish Home Rule.
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