... England especially the Non-Conformists. The Conservatives did not look so good now for backing the Empire and lost a lot of support from Non-Conformists because of extreme measures like the Concentration camps used. The war helped the Liberals come out of there long argument about the Home rule and put it behind them and reform to attack Conservatives. The Liberals picked up on this and showed how poor the working class was in Britain using reports by Rountree and Booth and how most people now couldn't join the army. They also pointed out how the army was not good enough to protect the Empire because they didn't beat the Boers quickly enough and had to resort to barbaric ways in order to win. The Boer war was an important reason however Chamberlains Tariff reform was another which could be thought more important. It did what Home Rule did for the ...

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